Additional guidance

Further reading and advice that you may find useful.


Take Five Campaign

Take Five is a national campaign that offers straight-forward and impartial advice to help everyone protect themselves from preventable financial fraud. This includes email deception and phone-based scams as well as online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.

Fraud Advisory Panel

The Fraud Advisory Panel is a respected, influential and independent voice of the anti-fraud community. They advise government, business and the general public on fraud prevention, detection and reporting. Our series of self-help factsheets, Fraud Facts, covers a wide range of fraud-related topics, providing up-to-date, practical and preventative guidance for individuals and organisations alike.

CIPFA Counter Fraud Centre

Building on CIPFA’s 130-year history of championing excellence in public finance management, they offer training and a range of products and services to help organisations detect, prevent and recover fraud losses. CIPFA supports the national counter fraud and anti-corruption strategy for local government, Fighting Fraud and Corruption Locally and were named in the UK Government’s 2014 Anti-Corruption plan as having a key role to play in combating corruption, both within the UK and abroad.

OECD: Preventing Fraud in Public Procurement

Public procurement is one of the government activities most vulnerable to corruption. In addition to the volume of transactions and the financial interests at stake, corruption risks are exacerbated by the complexity of the process, the close interaction between public officials and businesses, and the multitude of stakeholders. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on how to enhance integrity and curb corruption in public procurement.

OECD: Anti-Corruption and Integrity in the Public Sector

Public procurement is one of the government activities most vulnerable to corruption. In addition to the volume of transactions and the financial interests at stake, corruption risks are exacerbated by the complexity of the process, the close interaction between public officials and businesses, and the multitude of stakeholders. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report on how to enhance integrity and curb corruption in public procurement.