Tuesday, 20th January | Corporate governance risks entered a new phase in 2026. The failure to prevent fraud offence is now in force, existing failure to prevent bribery and tax evasion rules are seeing increased enforcement, and the forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill is set to expand both corporate and senior manager liability for a much wider range of criminal offences.
At the same time, the FCA non-financial misconduct rules go live in September, the government is preparing a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, and listed companies are facing tougher expectations on internal controls and board oversight.
In this webinar, we took you through the key changes UK corporates need to prepare for in 2026. We looked at how failure to prevent fraud, bribery and tax evasion interact, what “adequate procedures” need to cover in practice, how the Crime and Policing Bill could increase the risk of prosecution, and what the Employment Rights Bill means for harassment, wellbeing and workplace management.
Watch this on-demand webinar to hear VinciWorks experts explain what’s changing and what organisations should prioritise now.
What this webinar covered:
- Failure to prevent fraud, bribery and tax evasion: scope, enforcement trends and what “adequate procedures” look like in 2026
- The Crime and Policing Bill and expanded corporate liability for senior managers and boards
- The forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and treating cyber as a core compliance duty, not only an IT issue
- Employment Rights Bill reforms on harassment, health and safety, pregnancy, menopause and zero-hours arrangements
- Non-financial misconduct expectations and the growing focus on bullying, harassment and culture in regulated and unregulated firms
- New governance and reporting expectations, including internal controls declarations and evolving pay gap and human rights due diligence requirements