Member Briefings

Meet our 2026 Annual Awards Winners
We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who supported our dinner this year and to our guests in attendance last night. If the last few years have taught us anything it’s that our industry is truly remarkable, and with another successful sold out awards dinner under our belt,

Legal update – Race discrimination
In the Tribunal case of Gharabli v Cedar Hope Care Services The Tribunal found that Mrs Gharabli suffered indirect race discrimination because she and other support workers employed at Cedar Hope Care Services were paid less than overseas workers. The company had decided to pay overseas workers a higher

May’s Breakfast Briefing – Employment Rights Act 2025
Catch up with May’s Breakfast Briefing – Employment Rights Act 2025 Presented by our solicitor, Amie Trainor, this session will, again, focus on the Employment Rights Act 2025. Amie will recap what has recently been enforced and look ahead to what is next and what employers can do now to

Legal update – Holiday Pay Compliance in the UK
What Employers must do from April 2026 From 6 April 2026, UK employers became subject to a new, explicit legal duty to keep adequate records of workers’ statutory annual leave and holiday pay, following the introduction of section 35 of the Employment Rights Act 2025, which inserted Regulation 16B into the Working Time Regulations

ScotEng Blog: ISO 14001:2026 – What the Update Means for Environmental Leadership
Author Geraldine Boylan, Director – Sustainability at Arthian 6 minute read ISO 14001:2026 – What the Update Means for Environmental Leadership More than 10 years on from the last major update in 2015, the environmental management systems standard ISO 14001 is being updated, with ISO 14001:2026 expected for publication mid‑April. This

Health and Safety Update
HSE Launches Two Major Public Consultations The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened two significant public consultations that will shape the future of workplace health, safety and regulatory reporting across Great Britain. Employers, industry stakeholders, health practitioners and those working directly with lead or workplace incident reporting systems
