Blog
From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
12 April 2019
Innovation and data protection compliance: when opposites attract
Getting your black letter law data protection specialists to join your post-it wielding innovators on their bean bags might be challenging but it is important. Perhaps try breaking the ice with some table tennis and piano-led house music (a scientifically proven method).
10 April 2019
SRA AML audits: be prepared
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (“SRA”) confirmed in March that it will be writing to a “large number” of firms (400) asking to see evidence of compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (“MLR 2017”). A failure to respond to the SRA request can have regulatory and criminal consequences.
1 April 2019
Think before you tweet – the perils of social media for the accountancy profession
Social media has introduced to professionals a global platform for promoting services to an ever-growing audience in order to network and reach out to new clients. It is increasingly a key focus of marketing strategy. Not only this but it is a space within which professionals can share and acquire knowledge.
27 March 2019
The care home sector in the spotlight
In March 2019, older people’s charity, Independent Age, raised a number of issues relating to worsening quality of care homes. In this blog we address how care homes are regulated and the issues highlighted in the report by Independent Age.
25 March 2019
SRA to undertake AML audits as enforcers keep focus on “professional enablers”
Recent political statements as to the role professionals can play in money laundering by “providing a veil of legitimacy to organised criminals” has led to a focus on “lawyers, accountants and estate agents [who] are too often woven into their web.”