Is our Compliance Essentials library right for you?
Compliance Essentials is our most popular course library — and it’s easy to see why. Our Essentials library covers key compliance challenges UK businesses face, spanning financial crime, cybersecurity, equality and diversity, and ESG. You can host the library on our fully managed LMS portal or your existing LMS. If something isn’t quite right, you can customise this library by exploring our bespoke training options.
What you'll find in our Essentials library
See what's included in our Compliance Essentials library below. Looking for something specific? Use the search bar to find what you need. If you have any questions, reach out to us and tell us more about your needs — we're happy to help.
Data Protection
Data protection relates to how all organisations collect, use, and store personal and sensitive data.
Preventing Sexual Harassment
Companies rightly have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment, and violations may lead not only to disciplinary action but also to perpetrator prosecution.
Anti-Bribery Training
Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.
Equality and Diversity in the Workplace
Making employment decisions or treating people differently based on stereotypes isn't just bad for business; it's illegal.
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Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorist Financing
To prevent criminal activity, nearly all countries in the world have committed themselves to extremely tough laws against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Anti-Money Laundering
To prevent the proceeds of crime from finding their way into the formal economy, most countries have extremely tough laws with severe penalties.
Whistleblowing
Our Whistleblowing Training Course educates employees on reporting misconduct safely and ensures protection.
Data Protection
Data protection relates to how personal and sensitive data is collected, used and stored by all organisations.
Bribery Prevention
Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.
Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion
Tax laws don't only apply to those who calculate or manage taxes.
Financial Sanctions
Financial and economic sanctions are binding prohibitions applied by governments to prevent business transactions with certain designated persons.
Market Abuse Regulation
The laws and regulations prohibiting market abuse apply to all employees, not only those engaged in front-office, client dealing or trading roles.
Bribery Prevention
Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.
Phishing
It's essential for your employees to know what phishing is, how to spot the signs of an attempt and how to protect themselves and your Company.
Conflicts of Interest
Many conflicts of interest may affect companies, from gifts and hospitality to self-dealing and external work.
Fire Safety
Educate your staff on the fire safety controls your Company has in place and the measures they need to take to.
Harassment in the Workplace
Conduct that amounts to harassment is not necessarily limited to verbal acts, but it covers a range of behaviour.
Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion
Tax laws don't just apply to those who deal with calculating or managing taxes.
Gifts and Hospitality
Gifts and hospitality are an important part of business, and companies worldwide employ this.
Code of Conduct
Every company expects its employees to meet the highest professional standards, to act ethically and with integrity.
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a regulatory framework set by the European Union to enhance the cybersecurity and operational resilience of financial institutions.
Suspicious Activity Reporting
It is your employees' legal duty to report any knowledge or suspicion of financial crime.
Market Abuse Regulation
The Market Abuse Regulation prohibits insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation.
Business Ethics and Integrity
Our Business Ethics and Integrity Course is designed to raise employee awareness and understanding, offering practical examples mirroring real-world ethical dilemmas.
Economic Sanctions
Violation of sanctions issued by the UN, the US and the EU which place restrictions on payments and other financial transactions can result in fines as well as criminal charges.
Information Security
The loss or theft of commercially sensitive information may damage revenues, reputation and consumer trust.
Fraud Prevention
Fraud is criminal or deceptive behaviour aiming to secure an unfair or unlawful gain through deliberate or dishonest misrepresentation.
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing in confidence or anonymously about internal malpractices and external threats is extremely important for the functioning and survival of any company.
Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias is the tendency to perceive people or events in a certain way when we make 'snap' decisions or assessments about them.
Embargoes and Sanctions
Embargoes and sanctions prohibit all transactions with an entity, trading of certain commodities, or supplying critical goods.
Environmental Awareness
Global warming and climate change are the consequences of a build-up of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2).
Responsible Use of Social Media
Social media allows employees to engage, network, and communicate with their colleagues externally with customers, suppliers and partners.
Manual Handling
Educate your staff on the controls that your Company has in place and what measures they should implement to reduce the risks when lifting and handling at work.
Electronic Communications
Emails and instant messages can quickly make headlines, damage reputations and lead to lawsuits.
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.
Customer Due Diligence
Customer Due diligence is a legal requirement and plays a vital role in protecting your Company.
Safeguarding the Vulnerable
Certain individuals may be unable to care for or protect themselves due to a mental illness or disability, age or other factors.
Working Remotely
Working remotely doesn't change workplace rights and responsibilities.
Preventing Sexual Harassment for Managers
The new duty to prevent sexual harassment in the UK will be enforceable by employment tribunals, allowing for increased compensation for victims by up to 25% if an employer fails in their duty.
Unconscious Bias for Managers
UK equality law defines nine protected characteristics, and if our bias results in discrimination based on these, it is illegal.
Tipping Off
Tipping off a person about a money laundering or terrorist financing investigation is a criminal offence.
DSE
Educate your staff on the controls that your Company has in place and how they can prevent ill-health if they regularly use Display Screen Equipment (DSE) at work.
Anti-Competitive Agreements
Any agreement between companies that restricts market competition is a criminal offence.
DSE
Educate your staff on the controls that your Company has in place and how they can prevent ill-health if they regularly use Display Screen Equipment (DSE) at work.
Lone Working
Lone working offers greater flexibility, autonomy and creates a broader talent pool for businesses.
Equality and Diversity for Managers
Making employment decisions or treating people differently based on stereotypes isn't just bad for business.
Records Management
Records management refers to employees' creation, storage, archiving, and disposal of business records.
Slips and Trips
Educate your staff on the controls that your Company has in place and what they should do to prevent slips and trips at work.
Speak Up
It is essential for firms to have a strong speak up culture to ensure that staff raise concerns if they've witnessed misconduct.
Counter Terrorist Financing
Terrorism is a huge risk that we face in the world today and like other human activities, it requires funding.
Hybrid Working
Learn what hybrid working is, how to make the most out of this working arrangement, as well as the rules and procedures you'll need to follow for your safety and wellbeing.
Mental Health at Work for Managers
Stress, anxiety and depression are serious health hazards in the workplace.
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR)
PECR are new regulations that, along with the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 (in the UK), give consumers specific rights in respect of electronic communications.
First Aid Awareness
Regardless of whether an injury or illness has been caused by work, it is important that employees receive immediate support.
Menopause Awareness
Menopause is a health and safety, wellbeing and equality issue which affects people in different ways.
General Office Hygiene
Educate your staff on general office hygiene protocols to reduce common viruses and infections from spreading at the workplace.
Driving at Work
Educate your staff on the controls your Company has in place and what they should do to eliminate or manage the risks when driving at work.
Identity Crime
Identity theft involves criminals obtaining and misusing someone's personal data to commit fraud.
Counter-Proliferation Financing
UK companies are required to tackle proliferation financing as part of their anti-money laundering and sanctions checks.
Third-Party Due Diligence
Due diligence plays a vital role in protecting your Company.
Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)
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.
Abuse of Dominant Position
Companies in a dominant economic position can be penalised heavily if they are found to be abusing their market power to impose unfair prices or hurt their competitors.
Corrupt Hiring Practices
Diligence in hiring new employees is no longer limited to education, experience and references.
Abuse of Position
Abuse of position is a type of fraud that employees can commit, sometimes inadvertently, when they use their position at the Company for their personal gain.
Legitimate Interest Assessments
When relying on legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing personal data, you are taking on additional responsibility for protecting people's rights and interests.
PDMR Dealing
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities regularly have access to inside information.
Preventing Radicalisation
Prevent is a UK initiative whose primary aim is stopping people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
Return to Work
The UK government has issued official guidance for working safely in offices in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Right to Work in the UK
There are two key laws that make it harder for people with no right to work in the UK to gain or retain employment.
To Pay or Not To Pay
Small facilitation payments made to officials for expediting a permit or approval might seem harmless, but they are illegal and could land your employees in prison.
Managing Remote Workers
Remote working is a type of flexible working that covers a range of agreements.
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks of Virtual Assets
Unlike fiat currency, virtual assets are not managed by any bank or government, leaving them vulnerable to several unique risks concerning money laundering and terrorist financing.
Accident Reporting and Investigation
Learn how to pinpoint incidents that need reporting, understand the depth of causes from immediate to root, differentiate active from latent failures, and confidently navigate the HSE's six-step accident investigation.
Asbestos
Educate your staff on the risks posed by asbestos, the controls your Company has in place, and what you should do to manage these risks and stay safe.
Fraud Prevention for Managers
The consequences of fraud are very serious for both companies and employees alike.
Intellectual Property Rights
A company's intellectual property is one of it's most valuable assets.
Ladders and Stepladders
Educate your staff on the controls that your Company has in place and what they should do to prevent accidents and incidents whenever they use ladders and/or stepladders at work.
Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence
Companies are committed to ensuring the ethical and responsible use of AI technologies.
Understanding Failure to Prevent Fraud
Learn how the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence works, what it means for our Company, and how you can help reduce risk by recognising fraud and supporting prevention procedures.
Understanding Failure to Prevent Fraud for Managers
Learn how the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence works, what it means for our Company, and how you, as a manager, can help reduce risk by recognising fraud and supporting prevention procedures.
Understanding Failure to Prevent Fraud
Refresh your understanding of how the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence works, what it means for our Company, and how you can help reduce risk by recognising fraud and supporting prevention procedures.
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