Blog12th Oct 2016How Leadership Style is Impacting Employee EngagementGiven the now extensive research linking Performance directly to Employee Engagement, most leaders are aware that the business of ‘Engaging’ employees is no longer considered a ‘soft’ topic. It’s an essential component for developing an agile organisation that can survive…View more
Blog12th Oct 2016Are your people ‘Fit for Success’?In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role and correlation between physical fitness and physical capacity with the achievement of high performance. There does seem to be a pattern amongst very high performing business leaders and…View more
Blog4th Oct 2016Time for Councils to see, hear & speak upThere’s much more that could be done to clamp down on fraud and other wrongdoing in local government, argues SEAN MACAULEY of AAB. Having spent 22 years with a local authority and worked as a Fraud Manager, I’ve understandably spent…View more
Blog27th Sep 2016New criminal finance bill targeting EmployersPrime Minister Theresa May is pushing forward an expansion of current legislation to target white-collar crime originally proposed by former PM David Cameron in May. The proposed plans are intended not only to encourage bosses to do more to prevent…View more
Blog18th Aug 2016Whistleblowing rules in the financial services industryDespite the introduction of the UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and the subsequent Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which provided much needed protection for whistleblowers, employees in many industries across the UK have often continued to suffer mistreatment…View more
Blog18th Aug 2016Why failing to set the tone at the top can prove costlyIn recent years many organisations up and down the country have implemented whistleblowing arrangements and other controls, with the aim of encouraging staff to speak up and help stamp out fraud and other wrongdoing. However transparency in the workplace must…View more
Blog22nd Jul 2016Enhancing regulatory compliance in Care HomesCare Home providers across the UK are entrusted to care for the vulnerable and provide national standards of quality and safety required by law. National Standards cover a number of areas such as how patients and persons are treated, the…View more
Blog3rd Jun 2016An Ounce of Prevention is Better Than a Pound of CureThe term ‘Prevention is better than cure’ is a well-known proverb in the anti-fraud industry used by fraud specialists when demonstrating that it’s easier to stop fraud happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has…View more
Blog5th Apr 2016Protecting Data Privacy in Global Whistleblowing SchemesImplementation of a whistleblowing hotline provides businesses with an effective tool to provide their employees with a confidential route to report wrongdoing in the workplace and aid global enterprises in combating fraud, bribery, corruption and financial malpractice. However, planning a…View more
Blog21st Mar 2016Tough new fines loom for safety slip-upsIf you thought a breach of health and safety regulations would just result in a rap over the knuckles, new sentencing guidelines may make you think again, argues Sean McAuley of accountancy firm AAB. From 1st February 2016, the sentencing…View more
Blog9th Nov 2015The Long & Winding RoadVolkswagen’s troubles are far from over, but could this all have been avoided? Over a month has passed since the Volkswagen emission scandal hit headlines around the globe, but the full extent of the damage may not become apparent for…View more
Blog26th Oct 2015The Long Arm of The Law: Fife firm falls foul of far-reaching anti-corruption legislationSince coming into force in 2011, the Bribery Act 2010, widely described as the toughest and furthest-reaching anti-corruption legislation in international law, has claimed dozens of scalps. And just last month, a Scottish cabling company set a new precedent after…View more