Information management
Serious breaches of IT security and major losses of customer or employee data regularly feature in the news. Clearly, such breaches of security have a major impact on the organisation affected on a number of levels – from damage to reputatio...
Inspection
There are numerous bodies tasked with enforcing health and safety legislation in the UK. The HSE concerns itself with factories, agriculture, mines and quarries, docks and railways, whereas Local Authorities oversee, amongst others, shops, offices...
Intellectual property
Intellectual property can be a valuable asset. Every business will own intellectual property rights of one sort or another. Intellectual property rights should, therefore, be protected and enforced in order to ensure that they retain their value. ...
Legionella
Legionella bacteria occur in most fresh water, usually at such low levels that they are harmless. Once inside a water system, however, if conditions favour growth, they can multiply to levels that pose risk of infection, but this level does not eq...
Migrant workers
It is a criminal offence to employ someone who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. Employers may offer employment to Commonwealth Citizens and Foreign Nationals without a permanent right of residence (‘indefinite leave to en...
Money laundering
The UK’s Money Laundering Regulations 2007 apply to certain identified persons when they conduct business. Supervision of compliance with the Regulations is divided between relevant industry regulators who may, in certain circumstances, impo...