* Four individuals banned for significant integrity and competence failings

From Dubai to the Indian Ocean: CRC’s Expanding Global Role

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:55:42 GMT

CRC builds on its international track record to take on new safety and compliance challenges.

For over a decade, Compliance and Risk Consultancy (CRC) has built a reputation for managing projects that cross borders and involve multiple parties. Our role has often required bringing together governments, regulators, and businesses to find workable solutions where commercial, legal, and regulatory issues all meet.

In Dubai, CRC worked directly with the Dubai Land Department, the Prince’s Office, the Department of Economic Development, and the Dubai Courts . Our role was to ensure that investors’ voices were heard and that developers were closely monitored. This helped prevent malpractice, safeguarded international investors, and upheld Dubai’s reputation as a trusted place to do business.

That experience showed CRC’s strength in managing sensitive, high-value negotiations involving multiple parties and competing interests.

Now, CRC is applying that same capability in a different field: fire safety and emergency preparedness. Through a new initiative in the Indian Ocean, CRC is coordinating UK companies to deliver training, introduce advanced technology, and strengthen emergency response systems for regional fire authorities.

The step from real estate disputes to fire safety development may look like a change of sector, but at its core, CRC’s role remains the same: acting as the trusted coordinator who ensures that international standards are applied in ways that make sense locally and deliver results that last.

As CRC broadens its international role, one thing remains clear: we are driven by the need to protect people, communities, and reputations through effective compliance and risk management.

CRC to Lead New Fire Safety Development Initiative in the Indian Ocean

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:35:06 GMT

A UK-led consortium, coordinated by CRC, is set to bring world-class fire safety training and technology to the Indian Ocean region.

Compliance and Risk Consultancy (CRC) has taken on a new international mission: helping to raise fire safety and emergency response standards across the Indian Ocean.

Working with leading UK fire industry companies, CRC will coordinate a programme designed to strengthen the skills, technology, and systems of a national fire and emergency authority in the region. The project will create a platform for long-term cooperation between the UK and regional partners, opening opportunities for training, technology transfer, and community engagement.

Key areas under development include:

Advanced firefighter training using expert trainers and simulation tools.
Introducing cutting-edge technology such as drones, robotics, and modern digital control systems.
Building stronger emergency management systems to deal with large-scale incidents.
Developing public education campaigns to improve fire safety awareness.
Supporting regional fire authorities in connecting with global networks and forums.

By bringing UK expertise into the region, CRC is helping to set a new benchmark for fire safety and emergency preparedness. The initiative will also give UK companies the chance to establish a strong presence in markets across the Indian Ocean and Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is not just about equipment or manuals — it is about building practical partnerships that protect lives, strengthen communities, and encourage international cooperation.

Rethinking UK Infant Formula Regulations: Can Changes Truly Ease Financial Pressure on Families?

info@crcrealestatemanage.com (Yousouf Jhugroo) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:48:37 GMT

Rethinking UK Infant Formula Regulations:

Can Changes Truly Ease Financial Pressure on Families?

A collective effort spearheaded by Feed UK and The Metro has called upon the government to revise the regulations outlined in the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations(2007), paving the way for promotional activities and discounted sales of infant formula.

Calling this Regulations archaic, Iceland CEO, Richard Walker has defied the Government and stated that Iceland will ‘illegally’ accept discounts to promote the sales of infant formulas. The defiant retail chain has already made customers aware that it is cutting the price on infant formula by more than 20%.

This campaign has potentially introduced a new paradigm. Although its primary objective is to enhance the affordability of infant formula for families grappling with the escalating costs of feeding their babies, it remains imperative to examine the fundamental reasoning underpinning these Formula Regulations.

Enacted in 2007, the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations were established to uphold the practice of breastfeeding, aligning with the recommendations of the NHS, which advocates exclusive breastfeeding for infants during their initial year. This legislation represents a milder and diluted interpretation of the World Health Assembly's (WHA) resolution adopted in 1981, which urged World Health Organisation member states to adopt the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes as a minimum requirement to protect and promote appropriate infant and young child feeding.

Presently, the UK Foods Standard Agency enforces this regulation that prohibits manufacturers and retailers from using price promotions or other promotional strategies to boost the sale of infant formulas.

The UK's legal frame work incorporates certain facets of the Code into its legal structure, to safeguard both infants and their families from potentially detrimental commercial interests.

Within the European Union, more stringent regulations exist to prevent retailers from offering discounts on newly introduced baby formula milk and from distributing coupons or rewards through loyalty programmes.

The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) Regulations of 2007 explicitly prohibit the promotion of formula feeding for at least the first six months.

Guidelines provided by the NHS advocate for the exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the entirety of their first year.

La Leche League GB expresses concerns that relaxing these regulations could constitute a regression, potentially misleading mothers and facilitating the sale of inferior products.

Reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for breaking the advertising Code, Boots- the giant health and beauty retail chain issued an apology and acknowledged that the presence of four infant formula brands on a search engine, funded by the company, was a result of human error. The ASA's investigation concluded that Boots had indeed contravened the advertising Code, prompting the immediate removal of the advertisement.

Breast milk comes at no cost, and its unparalleled nutritional properties play a distinctive role in the physical, physiological, and mental advancement of infants during their initial year. Up to now, no artificially processed milk formula has managed to replicate the benefits of breast milk.

All your compliance solutions, under one roof

info@crcrealestatemanage.com (Yousouf Jhugroo) — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 09:12:29 GMT

All your compliance solutions, under one roof

CRC (Compliance and Risk Consultancy) is the umbrella business organisation for five specialised subsidiary organisations:

◾(PIC) CRC Real Estate, Property Investors Consortium

◾(CTA) Compliance Training Academy

◾(LCS) Legal Complaints Services

◾(CBP) Consumer Protection Bureau

Consider us your one-stop shop for compliance and risk management. Headquartered in Central London, our teamcomprises qualified risk managers, experts in governance, law, compliance, risk, training, and consumer protection, compliance auditors and experts on consumer research and due diligence techniques.

We improve and maintain compliance with all our clients’ regulatory, statutory and contractual obligations and improve customer experience. We also provide all the tools and legal competence necessary to assess and monitor compliance and assist clients managing risks.

Old Age Care & Elderly Care Homes / Nursing Homes in London

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Raising the benchmark in quality care

info@crcrealestatemanage.com (Yousouf Jhugroo) — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 10:19:08 GMT

Raising the benchmark in quality care

Being rated for “outstanding service” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the ambition and goal of every health and social care provider. But what happens if they rate your services as “Inadequate”?

CRC will help Care Providers

- Scrutinize the Inspection report to identify whether the breaches in HSCA 2008 are fully justified

- Appeal

- Challengethe inspection report if deemed necessary

- Prepare factual accuracy comments on draft inspection reports to secure amendments and get ratings reassessed

- Prepare evidence-based representations to Notices of Proposals to suspend or cancel registration

- Respond to or challenge Warning Notices

- File formal complaints

- Conduct mock verification audits like CQC

CRC Services look after the health of your business

With an adverse CQC report, you may find that some local commissioning authorities will be reluctant to contract with your organisation, particularly if your company is placed under special measures.

This will obviously jeopardise not only your revenue – but also your reputation.

Get in touch with CRC Services today

Contact us for an appointment and see how we can work together to improve the wellbeing of your health or social care organisation.

Compliance Checks: Why It Matters for Your Business Survival ? Compliance consultant in London - UK

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:11:17 GMT

Justifications for taking compliance seriously

All businesses, regardless whether small or big, are required to meet some form of regulatory compliance. For instance, they are expected to meet all mandatory obligations relevant to the industry within which they operate.

Compliance can be daunting if the rules are not properly understood. Also, rules sometimes change, and businesses are required to keep abreast of all changes. Then comes the need to develop internal processes and procedures to ensure effective compliance with the rules. During audits, businesses are expected to be able to demonstrate how they are meeting these legal requirements. Regular reviews need to be carried out to ensure processes and procedures are fit for purpose.

Alas, many business leaders take it for granted that as long as their business is doing well, they have nothing to worry about. This is the reason why there are innumerable cases of businesses that are focussed solely on maximising profits, have, in the end, sustained losses. Because of their failure to comply with the rules, they end up paying huge fines. In the process, their image is tarnished, and they start losing clients. In no time they are out of business.

Justifications for taking compliance seriously

◼ A good Compliance Regime helps businesses to achieve their objectives and meet their targets with complete peace of mind.

◼ With a Risk Matrix in place, businesses will be able to monitor and receive highlights on areas of risk to their business and this will enable them to rectify any identified weaknesses.

◼ Businesses that have put in place a simple compliance system will always be ready to undergo any external audits and will most likely pass such audit with no additional cost for Improvement Plans.

◼ No time and no additional expenses will be wasted to ensure compliance prior to any audits, as auditors will have no issue to give the company a clean bill of health.

With only a small affordable retainer, CRC Experts will help you manage risk and regulatory compliance. Please email us at info@compliance-experts.co.uk . We will also empower your staff to identify risk and avoid being in breach.

Our services include, but not limited to:

(i) Risk assessment

(ii) Compliance monitoring

(iii) Internal and external audits

(iv) Compliance training

(i) Data security gap analysis

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New Law In Place to Improve Dubai Real Estate Management

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Compliance accelerates business growth and boosts profits

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What constitutes an effective Compliance Programme?

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Compliance saves lives

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What constitutes an effective Compliance Programme?

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FCA fined five individuals and two firms £15.5m for misconduct

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EU Members urged to combat fraud

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KPMG under investigation over HBOS audit

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:23:27 GMT

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that it will carry out preliminary investigation on KPMG to to determine whether KPMG was guilty of misconduct after signing off HBOS’s books for 2007