Essential Compliance E-learning

AML & CTF (UK)

Like most countries, the UK has enacted tough anti-money laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) laws with severe penalties.

Our UK Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorist Financing Course will help your staff understand their obligations regarding prevention, due diligence and reporting suspicious activity.

AML & CTF (Global)

To prevent proceeds of crime from finding their way into the formal economy, most countries have extremely tough laws with severe penalties.

Similar laws prevent the financing of terrorism via trade payments, investments, remittances and money for education.

Our global AML & CTF Course covers regulatory regimes across 17 key regions.

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Our best-selling training library contains 100+ essential e-learning and microlearning compliance courses.

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Anti-Bribery Training

Bribery is a criminal offence as well as a predicate offence that can lead to charges of money laundering. Both offences carry harsh penalties including imprisonment and unlimited fines.

Our Anti-bribery Training Course will help your employees to understand and recognise bribery, the consequences, the red flags, and what to do if they suspect corruption. 

Bribery Prevention

Bribery laws are tightening up, creating a greater need than ever for compliance procedures relating to gifts, hospitality, expenses, donations, recruitment, client acquisition and partnerships.

Our Bribery Prevention Course will help your employees to understand and recognise bribery, the relevant anti-bribery laws, as well as procedures for bribery prevention. 

Business Ethics & Integrity

A Code of Ethics suggests standards of behaviour and best practices that can be referred to when employees are facing new or challenging situations.

Our Business Ethics & Integrity Course is designed to raise employee awareness and understanding. It includes practical examples to respond to real-world ethical dilemmas.

Code of Conduct

The standards of conduct expected from every employee are detailed in a company code of conduct. It provides guidance for employees when dealing with specific situations.

Our Code of Conduct Course will help your employees learn about your code of conduct, then demonstrate its application in a series of practical examples and scenarios.

Competition Law

Any concerted action, exchange of information or 'meeting of minds' may be illegal collusion, a serious crime that may lead to big fines and long prison sentences!

Our Competition Law Compliance Course will help your employees to understand anti-competitive practices, how to avoid them, and why they should speak up if they see anti-competitive behaviour.

DAC6 Training

DAC6 is an EU Directive covering cross-border arrangements. It came into effect on 25 June 2018 and aims to discourage aggressive tax planning and promote disclosure and transparency.

Our DAC6 course will help your employees to identify the cross-border arrangements that are reportable under the Directive, plus what and when to disclose under DAC6.

Data Protection

Data protection relates to how personal and sensitive data is collected, used and stored by all organisations. That includes the government, companies, service providers and anyone who manages data.

Our Data Protection Course will help your employees to understand what personal and sensitive data are, why it needs protecting and how to ensure compliance with GDPR.

Electronic Communications

Emails and instant messages can quickly make headlines, damage reputations and lead to lawsuits. That's why it is important to remind employees about company standards and regulatory requirements.

Our Electronic Communications Course will help your employees learn how to communicate professionally on digital platforms to avoid pitfalls.

Embargoes & Sanctions

Embargoes and sanctions prohibit transactions with an entity, trade in a commodity or the supply of goods.They may also require positive actions like freezing assets or enforcing travel bans.

Our Embargoes and Sanctions Course will help your employees to understand what sanctions are, how they impact on business operations and how to comply with them.

Environmental Awareness

From the Extinction Rebellion protests and Greta Thunberg's school strikes to declining sea ice in the Arctic and plastic in our oceans, the environment and climate change are never far from the headlines.

This course helps staff understand the key issues, legal obligations and how to reduce your company's environmental impact.

Environmental, Social & Governance

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) has become a 'catch-all' in recent years, describing the extent to which firms consider ethics and stewardship to be a part of how they run their businesses.

Our Environmental, Social & Governance Course will help your employees understand how ESG affects your firm and society.

Equality & Diversity for Managers

The Equality Act provides protection against discrimination in respect of nine key characteristics. This means that treating people differently based on stereotypes isn't just bad for business, it's illegal.

Our Equality & Diversity for Managers Course will help your leaders to understand how to prevent discrimination and harassment.

Equality & Diversity in the Workplace

Although you may feel that you treat people equally, sometimes your actions might be perceived differently by others, and lead them to feel uncomfortable or discriminated against.

Our Equality & Diversity in the Workplace Course will help your employees to understand what steps to take to prevent discrimination and harassment.

Financial Crime Prevention

All companies are exposed to a growing threat of financial crime, ranging from bribery and fraud, to money laundering and terrorist financing.

Our Financial Crime Prevention Course will help your employees to understand what financial crimes are, how to prevent them and what they need to do if they suspect a financial crime.

Financial Integrity

The integrity of financial reports is paramount for any company. Inaccurate reporting may damage a company's reputation and may lead to significant regulatory sanctions and litigation.

Our Financial Integrity Course explains what each of the three key financial reports are and how employees can contribute towards maintaining their integrity.

Financial Sanctions

Violation of sanctions issued by the UN, the US and the EU with regards to payment restrictions and other financial transactions can result in fines as well as criminal charges.

Our Financial Sanctions Course will help your employees to understand what financial sanctions are, how they impact on business operations and how to ensure compliance.

Fraud Prevention for All Staff

Fraud is criminal or deceptive behaviour aiming to secure an unfair or unlawful gain through deliberate or dishonest misrepresentation. The consequences of fraud can be grave for companies, employees and their customers.

Our Fraud Prevention Course will help your employees understand what fraud is, the different types of fraud a company is exposed to, the triggers, red flags and what they can do to prevent it.

Fraud Prevention for Managers

The consequences of fraud are very serious for both companies and employees alike. Funds generated by fraud are proceeds of crime, and handling them exposes you to the risk of money laundering. Therefore, fraud is both a crime and a predicate offence to money laundering.

Our Fraud Prevention for Managers Course will help your leaders better understand the different types of fraud, the triggers, red flags and what they can do to prevent it.

Healthy Working

Wherever you work, there are physical and mental health risks. By taking some simple precautions, employees can reduce these risks and the consequences for themselves and your business.

Our Healthy Working Course outlines employee obligations to comply with procedures aimed at reducing risks and helping them protect their own health and well-being.

Identity Crime

Identity crime accounts for over 40% of fraud cases and has increased dramatically in recent years. One reason for this is the availability of large quantities of personal details online.

Our Identify Crime Online Training Course helps your employees understand what identity theft is, how it works, how to spot the tell-tale signs of identity crime and how to prevent it.

Information Security

The loss or theft of commercially sensitive information may damage revenues, reputation and consumer trust. It may also result in fines or even criminal prosecution.

Our Information Security Course helps employees to understand information classification, data security, network security, access control to your offices and what to do to prevent information loss or theft.

Intellectual Property Rights

A company's intellectual property is one of it's most valuable assets. It helps maintain the value of a company's brand, drives further innovations as well as improvements and contributes to overall success.

Our Intellectual Property Rights Course explains the different intellectual property types, how they are protected and how to avoid infringing on other's rights.

Managing Safely

Managers need a deeper understanding of issues, systems and procedures to empower them to deal with the health and safety of their teams. They may also need to conduct risk assessments and implement controls.

Our Managing Safely Course helps managers to understand the risks, systems and procedures needed to enable them to better manage health and safety in their teams.

Market Abuse Regulation (UK MAR)

Market Abuse Regulations prohibit insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation. If you breach these regulations, you risk heavy fines and even long prison sentences.

Our UK Market Abuse Regulation course will help your employees to understand the laws that safeguard financial market integrity and protect investors.

Mental Health at Work

Stress, anxiety and depression are serious health hazards in the workplace. They account for 51% of all new and longstanding cases of work-related ill-health.

Our Mental Health at Work Course will help your employees spot the signs of stress, understand the causes and what to do to combat stress personally and in their team.

Mental Health at Work for Managers

HSE statistics show there were over 820,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2019-20, resulting in 17.9m working days being lost.

Our Mental Health at Work for Managers Course helps your leaders spot signs of stress, understand causes and learn how to combat stress personally and in their team.

Modern Slavery

Modern slavery is a serious crime with harsh penalties. Companies and their employees need to help to prevent modern slavery across their businesses and supply chains.

Our Modern Slavery course will help your employees understand what modern slavery is, identify the warning signs, key risks and what action to take to mitigate them.

PCI Data Security Standard

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is the information security standard for organisations that process credit card payments.

Our PCI Data Security Standard Course will help your employees to understand what the standard is, why it is important, the key requirements and how to identify the actions needed to ensure compliance.

Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion

Tax laws don't just apply only to those who deal with calculating or managing taxes. They apply to everyone. The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 made it a criminal offence to facilitate tax evasion by anyone in the UK or abroad.

Our Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion Course will help your employees to spot and combat this risk.

Records Management

Records management involves the process of how employees create, store, archive and dispose of business records.

Our Records Management Course will help your employees to understand how records are governed by laws. This includes the obligations to retain them securely, produce them upon request and dispose of them appropriately upon expiration.

Responsible Use of Social Media

The way employees communicate with colleagues, customers and suppliers has changed dramatically, driven by an explosion in communications tools and social media platforms. 

Our Responsible Use of Social Media course will help your employees to understand how to exercise due care and use social media safely, responsibly and appropriately.

Safeguarding the Vulnerable

Certain individuals may be unable to care for or protect themselves due to a mental illness, disability, age or other factors. We all owe a duty to safeguard such vulnerable people.

Our Safeguarding the Vulnerable Course will help your employees to understand which customers may be vulnerable and what extra steps they should take to safeguard them.

Sexual Harassment

Companies rightly have a zero-tolerance stance on sexual harassment and violations. These may lead not only to disciplinary action, but also the prosecution of the perpetrators.

Our Sexual Harassment Course will help your employees identify, avoid and report behaviour that constitutes sexual harassment.

Unconscious Bias for All Staff

Unconscious bias is the tendency to perceive and react to people or events in a certain way when making snap decisions or assessments.

Our Unconscious Bias Training Course helps your employees understand the impact that it can have at work. It also explains the measures that your company has adopted to combat this potentially illegal behaviour.

Unconscious Bias for Managers

Unconscious bias relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation is illegal.

Our Unconscious Bias for Managers Course helps leaders to understand the impact it has and how to eliminate it from their positions and teams.

Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing in confidence or anonymously about internal malpractices and external threats is extremely important for the functioning and survival of any company.

Our Whistleblowing Course will help your employees understand when, how and to whom they can report misconduct and how they will be protected if they do so. 

Working Safely

Employees need to know how to protect their own health, safety and welfare as well as ensuring they don't cause harm to others.

Our Working Safely Course will help your employees to understand and manage the most common hazards and risks at work. It also explains how employees can maintain their health, safety and welfare at work.

Microlearning Courses

Our library of microlearning courses covers key compliance topics - from bribery, financial crime, GDPR, health and safety to modern slavery.

It contains 20 bite-sized modules to help improve learning engagement and knowledge retention.