Edgeworks News

January 22, 2007

Care-Academy Offline Course Management - Version Upgrade

Edgeworks has today released a version upgrade to the current SKILLS365 Offline Course Management module used within the Care-Academy.

Edgeworks Care-Academy has been developed to assist care organisations to meet the requirements of the Skills For Care (formerly TOPSS England) Induction Standards. The Care-Academy combines a mix of on-line learning, classroom and workplace activities to ensure learning is both enjoyable and effective.

Paul Allman, Head of Learning at Edgeworks said;

"This version has various enhancements including the ability to tie in Care
Homes into training locations, giving our enterprise clients improved
flexibility and efficiency. This is the first of many enhancements planned for
2007 and shows our on-going commitment to the Care sector."

For more information on Edgeworks Care-Academy visit the Care-Academy website at http://www.care-academy.co.uk/ or Paul Allman on 0161 228 1712

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January 02, 2007

New Year, New Law

As the New Year gets underway it's perhaps a good time to review your online marketing to ensure you remain fully legal and compliant. From January 1st 2007 companies in the UK are required to include certain regulatory information on their web sites AND in their email footers or they will breach the Companies Act and risk a fine.

The legal aspects of the changes are well documented by http://www.out-law.com/page-7594 (our web compliance partners) and basically require all companies to list its company registration number, place of registration and registered office address on its web site, emails and electronic documents including order forms.

It is worth noting, that contrary to popular belief, the information does not have to appear on every web page and many companies will already provide the required information on their 'About Us', 'Contact Us' or 'Legal info' pages. For those companies who subscribe to Edgeworks Web Compliance Service we will review individual web sites and provide feedback accordingly. However, it's important that clients check that the information provided to us is accurate and any amendments or updates will be implemented.

Whilst we don't expect to see a rush of litigation following these changes, its worth getting your house in order all the same to demonstrate a commitment to maintaining professional standards.