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As season one draws to a close, a slow realisation is dawning on the Sydeline team that running a business may not be a simple as they first thought!

Then there's the small matter of having proper meetings, even a board and, oh yes, who is taking the risk on all this?

Timings

00:00 - SCENE 12.1 - IS IT HOT IN HERE?

SCENE 12.2 - AN EERIE CALM

Episode script

IS IT HOT IN HERE?

AN EERIE CALM

IS IT HOT IN HERE?

JAKOB: I don’t understand why we thought that this email list approach was effective or appropriate.

ZELDA: Monty said he had had success in the past with the same approach and I didn’t know the law had changed

GARTH: Don’t you lot read the governments feeds?

ZELDA: (incredulous) Errr, no!

BRYOCK: Some Italian once said that “In football, you win as a group, you lose as a group; you divide the credit and the blame.”

(All pause to take that concept in)

ZELDA: Look! I told Michaela to do the email list on the basis that Monty had experienced previous success with that approach.  I have to take the blame.

BRYOCK: Ah, I prefer that approach… “A good leader takes a little more than their share of the blame, a little less than their share of the credit.”

ZELDA:  Thanks Bryock, but don’t push it!

JAKOB: We need to become more risk aware

GARTH: Love Risk

JAKOB: Pardon

GARTH: The board game…Risk. Awesome way to spend a Sunday

JAKOB: No, no, no! Risk Management, it’s an organisational discipline really

ZELDA: Sounds boring!

JAKOB: It’s critical but it is so often disregarded.

ZELDA: Well I’ve never done any Risk Management

JAKOB: You do, every day

ZELDA: No I don’t

JAKOB: When you leave your house, do you check your windows and doors are locked?

ZELDA: Well, yes, of course I do

JAKOB: Why?

ZELDA: So I don’t make it easy for thieves to get in and steal my precious things

JAKOB: Exactly, you assess the risk to your “precious things” and reduce that risk by making sure the apartment is secure.  You also have insurance on your contents, I’m sure

ZELDA: No, should I?

JAKOB: (stunned) Yes… Yes, of course you should, what if the place burns down – locked doors and windows won’t help then, will they!?

ZELDA: Good point – so get some contents insurance for my apartment

JAKOB: Yes… (Irritated) No, argh, that’s not my point.  (Trying to be calm, precise and patient) Ok, that kinda helps prove my point. You have placed a value on your so-called precious things and decided to lock them in your house but you hadn’t considered all of the potential events that could take those things away from you.  Theft is one vector which you have reduced, but you hadn’t thought of fire or someone breaking through your window – both of which could be mitigated through proper insurance.

ZELDA: Mitigated, right.  So fit an alarm?

JAKOB: (seriously trying to control himself) Yes, for your apartment, yes, by all means, yes.  Now think about the business.

ZELDA: (pause) We need to install an alarm on our offices?

JAKOB: (strained and confused) Yes, you could do… Hold on, we don’t have an alarm for the premises? (Glancing around)

GARTH: Don’t look at me… Although I have seen some pretty funky building management systems on JumpStartMyIdea.com I could…

JAKOB: (interrupting and getting irate) Yes, Garth, great… Do that. We’ll pick that up later.  All I’m saying is that we need to be more conscious of the threats to the business and make sure we address the ones that could seriously harm us.

ZELDA: Like fire

JAKOB: It’s hot in here! It is hot in here isn’t it?  I think I need some fresh air for a second. (Standing up and walking to the meeting room door).  As a matter of interest, where is the nearest fire extinguisher?

BRYOCK: The fire station is about a mile and a half up the road

JAKOB: Great! Great… Carry on, I might be some time.

AN EERIE CALM

ZELDA: Come in

JAKOB: (a tad sheepish) Hi Zelda

ZELDA: (not as positive as normal) Hi J, didn’t think you were coming back

JAKOB: Yes, sorry, I think the heat got to me and this has been quite a month already

ZELDA: Yes, loads of ups and downs to say the least (pausing) I’ve been thinking about what you said and I’ve asked Bryock to setup some better Risk Management processes in the business.  I was wondering if you could help him.

JA

Timings

00:20 - Scene 11.1 Should have got that 'I Do'

03:54 - Scene 11.2 A little R E S P E C T

07:00 - Discussion between Russell & Mike

07:28 - Why can Emails be blocked?

08:30 - Ignorance is no excuse

09:56 - Where to start with Data Protection

11:00 - Role of the decision makers in protecting data

11:23 - Showing Professionalism

12:20 - Information Technology's role in data protection

13:38 - Reviewing the R.E.S.P.E.C.T. acronym (see below)

16:45 - What's next?

Useful Information

Basic landscape of business regulation (@00:00)

The Agency Workers Regulations, 2010

Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act 1956

Children and Families Act 2014

Companies Act 2006

The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008

Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004

Computer Misuse Act 1990

Copyright Act 1956

The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Corporation Tax Act 2010

Digital Economy Act, 2017

Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018

Data Protection Act 2018

Electronic Communications Act 2000

Employment Act, 2008

Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972

Employment Relations Act, 2004

Employment Rights Act, 1999

Enterprise Act 2016

Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Environment and Safety Information Act 1988

Equality Act, 2010

Factories Act 1961

Freedom of Information Act, 2000

Fraud Act 2006

General Data Protection Regulation, 2016

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016

Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 

Health and Safety (First- Aid) Regulations 1981

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 

Work at Height Regulations 2005 

Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 

Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008

Employers’ Health and Safety Policy Statements (Exception) Regulations 1975

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013

Health and Safety (Training for Employment) Regulations 1990

Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Income Tax Act 2007

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013

National Minimum Wage Act 1998

Modern Slavery Act 2015

National Insurance Act 1974

National Insurance Contributions Act 2015

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003

Pension Schemes Act 2017

Pensions Act, 2014

Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963

Private Security Industry Act 2001

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, 2006

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015

Trade Union Act 2016

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, 2006

Value Added Tax Act 1994

The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Work and Family Act, 2006

Working Time Regulations, 1998

Working Time (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

Show R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (@00:00)

R - Roles - Who does what

E - Education - Raising understanding

S - Standards - Know the ru

The mailshot has produced some unexpected interest that takes a toll on Sydeline.

Keeping track of everything that you need to do in your business is difficult. But there are some basics, like getting consent from people to use their data.

Mike and Russell introduce the acronym RESPECT and discuss the basics of becoming and remaining compliant to data protection and the vast array of other business regulations.