Tax Avoidance vs Tax Evasion - What is the Difference?
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The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion essentially comes down to legality. Avoiding tax is legal, but it is easy for the former to become the latter.
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Reducing Bribery and Corruption Risks | Compliance Guide |...
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Learn how to reduce bribery and corruption risks in your workplace with effective strategies, compliance measures, and UK Bribery Act 2010 guidance.
Sexual Harassment Prevention & Reporting | Workplace Guide...
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The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act places a positive legal duty on companies to take "reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment.
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We're proud of our Corporate Social Responsibility projects from providing free courses and donating to charity to lessening our impact on the environment.
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Should auditors be blamed when there are accounting scandals? Or should companies be doing more to prevent fraud in the first place?
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This is our pick of the best compliance books of all time. These compliance training books are packed with expert advice and invaluable insight.
Achieving Compliance Training Gamification Success |...
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Our suggestions for simple ways to add gamification to your compliance training and improve employee engagement, feedback and performance.
What are FCA Principles of Business? | Principle 11 |...
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The FCA has 12 principles of business (or PRIN) that must be fulfilled by any regulated firm. Find out what they are and how to avoid enforcement action.
Top 10 GDPR Questions Answered | Skillcast
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Is your business really GDPR compliant? Any company deemed non-compliant faces potentially hefty fines. We answer the top 10 frequently asked questions.
The Biggest Financial Crime Fines | Skillcast
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Monetary fines are a common punishment for financial crime. From bribery to money laundering, we examine the biggest financial crime cases and fines.
Conducting Fit & Proper Person Tests | Skillcast
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What does the FCA expect when you assess a person’s fitness and propriety to perform their role? We discuss the three key pillars of Fit & Proper tests.
Push vs Pull Learning for Staff Compliance | Skillcast
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Public sector bodies are often in the news for high-profile compliance breaches. Ironically, most could be avoided by following the Government's own advice
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Those in recruitment often find themselves at the front lines regarding corporate compliance, faced with many competing regulatory obligations.
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Those regulated by the FCA are expected to have identified vulnerabilities in their operational resilience. But where do you start?
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Skillcast is helping companies with content and technology to streamline their compliance workflows, cut costs and reduce the risk of regulatory breaches.
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SMCR Scenario Tests
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By using practical examples that reflect real-world FCA dilemmas you can ensure that staff know how to apply what they have learned in training.
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Falling public confidence and damaging press have renewed the FCA's focus on conduct, including non-financial misconduct. So how can you stay compliant?
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Compliance surveys are a great way to understand employee attitudes, beliefs and behaviours relating to key topics. But how and what should you survey?
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SMCR compliance training is a complex journey. That's why to ensure that your learners reach their destination, you will need a reliable roadmap.
Managing Declarations of Compliance | Skillcast
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Ever been bombarded with forms starting a new role? We’ve all been there. Welcome to the world of compliance declarations! But RegTech is here to help.
Simple 3-Step SMCR Training Model | Skillcast
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Whether you are new to SMCR or reviewing existing processes, our 3-step training model will help you ensure your corporate SMCR training is on track.
What is the UK Criminal Finances Act? | Skillcast
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The Criminal Finances Act 2017 targets corruption, money laundering and tax evasion. How does this legislation affect UK organisations?
Remote-worker Monitoring YouGov Survey | Skillcast
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Our most recent YouGov survey makes some stark reading. Over half of the British workforce would refuse to work for an employer that used remote monitoring
RegTech ROI for Financial Services | Skillcast
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RegTech is attracting increasing interest and investment from compliance professionals at FS firms. How will this emerging technology benefit you?
Corporate Policy Management Best Practices | Skillcast
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The volume of regulatory documents driving compliance is ever-increasing. It's made managing corporate policies a burden. But RegTech solutions can help.
Best Practices in Financial Services Compliance Training |...
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The pandemic meant that over 8 in 10 financial services staff worked from home. But the FCA has warned that even so, compliance standards must not drop.
Remote-working Compliance YouGov Survey | Skillcast
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Discover the key results of our Remote-working Compliance Survey conducted by YouGov assessing decision-maker issues, attitudes and perceptions in the UK.
What to Look for in a Compliance Training LMS | Skillcast
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Find out which Learning Management System (LMS) features are essential and which are a luxury for workplace compliance training.
Can Maslow Explain our Reaction to Hybrid Working? |...
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By combining Maslow's hierarchy with our YouGov survey results, we help to explain why specific demographics respond differently to hybrid working.
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Key results from our Insights Survey conducted by YouGov assessing UK issues, attitudes and perceptions to returning to office work after the pandemic.
UK Corporate Compliance Trends 2020 | Skillcast
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UK Corporate Compliance Trends Survey 2020 explores data protection failures, social media misuse & compliance breaches witnessed by employees at UK firms.
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Many aspects of compliance took a back-seat as both regulators & businesses focused on responding to the crisis. With restrictions, easing what next?
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Discover the key results of our Working from Home Insights Survey conducted by YouGov assessing issues, attitudes and perceptions in the UK to homeworking.
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How Employers Can Boost Homeworking Productivity | Skillcast
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Half of Britain's employees haven't got the resources needed to work from home safely & productively according to the Skillcast WFH Insights YouGov survey.
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68% of employees want to keep working from home compared to 44% who can't wait to go back to the office according to our YouGov survey.
Millennials Face More Challenges Working from Home |...
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The Skillcast WFH Insights Survey conducted by YouGov found most UK employees are facing challenges working from home, but older workers are coping better.
Homeworkers are at Risk of Burnout | Skillcast
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The HSE says that short, frequent breaks are better than less frequent longer ones. But our YouGov survey found that homeworkers are not taking them.
Homeworking Benefits UK Employers & Employees | Skillcast
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British Employers Failing to Provide Working at Home...
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Skillcast WFH Insights Survey conducted by YouGov found half of British employees don't have all of the resources to work from home safely and effectively.
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Skillcast WFH Insights Survey conducted by YouGov found half of British employees haven't got all of the resources to work from home safely and effectively
79% of Employees are New to Working from Home | Skillcast
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The Skillcast WFH Insights Survey conducted by YouGov found that 4 out of 5 UK employees working from home are new to this working style.
UK Corporate Compliance Surveys | Skillcast
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Skillcast surveys via YouGov assess timely compliance issues, attitudes & perceptions within the UK corporate workplace. Read the results.
Working from Home Compliance & Training Roadmap | Skillcast
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Working from home can present specific compliance challenges. Our 3-step training roadmap will help you to get your employees & managers ready.
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Royal Mail chose Skillcast Serious Games to help embed compliance into their business and drive employees to make ethical decisions.
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Vivek Dodd, Founder of Skillcast speaks to CityAM about the opportunities for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency professionals as well as the threats from 5MLD.
Data Protection: Is Corporate Confidence Misplaced? |...
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In Skillcast Compliance Insights Survey 80% of employees & their managers stated they understand & comply with data protection legislation, but do they?
Risk Perception & Employee Misconduct Gap | Skillcast
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Our YouGov survey highlighted the gap between misconduct observed by UK employees and the risk perception of managers, and it gets larger with firm size.
Businesses Lack Transparency About Political Engagements |...
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Transparency International's video findings from their Corporate Political Engagement Index. We take a look and assess the opportunities for companies.
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Financial penalties for companies found guilty of health & safety failings have increased - are you doing enough to train to your staff?
