Compliance & Regulation

The Exeter has signed up to the Vulnerable Customer Charter, developed by the UK Financial Vulnerability Taskforce (FVT) to promote greater understanding and establish best practices in respect of consumer vulnerability. The...

Advisers are choosing not to force workers to return to the office amid the lifting of plan B restrictions. Last week, the UK government announced the lifting of plan B restrictions in...

Upcoming regulation including changes to product pricing practices, are among the biggest challenges facing insurance professionals in the year ahead. This is according to research from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) whose...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) staff are being balloted for strike action over changes to the regulator’s pay and benefits policy announced in October. The FCA’s original proposals included adding an excess for...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Cygnet Hospital Sheffield good following an inspection which took place in September. The children and young people's mental health hospital had been previously rated as...

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has not been able to give up to date figures on how many private sector healthcare staff remain unvaccinated despite the threat of dismissal being introduced...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited inadequate, issued two warning notices and told management further improvements must be made to the quality of services. The rating and...

Private healthcare providers in England will need to start firing or reassigning unvaccinated workers from early next month. A guidance document released by the NHS England late last week revealed that the...

The private hospital sector is earning a minimum of between £75m and £90m a month as a result of the deal struck with the NHS in England just to be on standby...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is developing new guidance around how employee health data should be collected and used in light of the pandemic. In particular, the guidance will highlight that "health...