On Thursday 28^th May 2020, Philip Allen (Innovate Learn), Adrian Harvey (CEO, Elephants don’t forget) and Julie Pardy (Worksmart) hosted an interactive webinar; Covid-19 proves to be the SM&CRlitmus test. Over 100 delegates joined us and listened intently to the discussions which centred around six key SM&CR related issues that are currently affecting regulated firms:

On Tuesday 19^th May, 2020, Marian Bloodworth (HR Lawyer, Kemp Little) and Julie Pardy, Emma Howell and Nic Dent (Worksmart) hosted a SM&CR virtual breakfast. The webinar was eagerly attended by 50 delegates where we discussed the current challenges for firms, whilst sharing our own experiences from multiple SM&CR implementation.

Never has operational resilience been more important

For solo-regulated firms, the SM&CR implementation date has arrived.  We’re proud to have successfully prepared some of the UK’s best known financial brands for this impending regime.  What we have also discovered is that surprisingly, many firms are still not ready and there’s a surprising reason as to why. 

We ran our first ever webinar on 30^th September and this is what we learnt.

The webinar, ‘SM&CR the final countdown – 50 working days to go’, was co-hosted with TISA and focused on the major outstanding actions that firms should be focusing on ahead of ‘Day One’ on December 9^th.