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Commercial Partnerships
Scottish Care is delighted to work with carefully selected Commercial Partners to offer our members a benefit, discount or offer for their products or services.
Should you wish to know more about our Commercial Partners, or indeed find out more about our application process, please contact [email protected].
Gold Tier Partners
Our Commercial Partners bring knowledge and experience within their business areas, and an understanding of the social care sector in Scotland. Each company offers Scottish Care Members a benefit, discount or offer for their products or services, and updates from our Commercial Partners will be highlighted to Members.
Please be aware that while we facilitate these commercial partnerships, Scottish Care does not conduct a vetting process. We promote their offerings, products and services, leaving it to our Members to conduct their own due diligence.
alsico UK
Alsico is a proud family business that designs, manufactures and distributes work clothing in a sustainable and well-considered manner.
Our mission is “making life better for people at work” for the 10 million people who wear our workwear every day. We have an independent quality assurance system, our own testing facilities, and dedicated designers and product engineers to ensure that the needs of those wearers are met and exceeded.
As a company, we want to contribute to an economy that respects the limits of the planet and guarantees basic social rights. Our performance protects not only our customers but also our employees and the planet. As such, we have set two ambitious objectives for 2040:
– Net Zero+
– Living Wage+
Additional services:
– Bespoke design services
– Embroidery service
– Online ordering portal
– Digital sizing solutions
– Contract management
Email (Office): [email protected]
Email (Account Manager): [email protected]
Phone (Office): 01772 662500
Phone (Account Manager): 07921 498689
Birdie
Every minute matters in homecare. So when it’s impossible to work any harder, Birdie’s technology helps you work smarter.
It works by connecting everyone and everything: care management, auditing, rostering, finance, and workforce management in one platform. Birdie then automates routine tasks and surfaces insights, so you can stop juggling systems and start making data-driven decisions. Respond quickly to issues, prove quality to regulators, and create plans with confidence.
Over 1,000 agencies now use Birdie, growing their care hours by 20% after just one year.
To celebrate our recent partnership, we’re offering all members of Scottish Care 50% the first three months of Birdie.
If you’re a member and are looking for your next step towards homecare technology that helps you work smarter, not harder then head to www.birdie.care/book-a-demo and use the discount code SC2025 under the ‘How did you first hear about Birdie’ > ‘Referred by organisation’ dropdown to book your demo with us.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07939 172339
Brodies LLP
Top 50 UK law firm Brodies LLP is the largest law firm headquartered in Scotland measured by income, directory rankings, and lawyer numbers. With more than 100 partners and 800 colleagues in offices across Aberdeen, Brussels, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and London, Brodies supports clients across all sectors in the delivery of strategic projects and transactions, whilst also providing comprehensive legal expertise to perform day to day operations, deal with challenges they may face, and mitigate risk.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0141 245 6259
Croner-i / Bright HR
Croner-i provides specialist guidance on Scottish care regulations, Care Inspectorate compliance, and risk assessment protocols. Our online portal offers regularly updated policy templates, care planning frameworks, and medication management guidelines specific to Scottish care standards. Our advisory service delivers expert consultation on complex regulatory matters, whilst our training modules ensure staff competency in essential care practices.
BrightHR specialises in workforce management solutions tailored for care settings. Our absence management system tracks staff availability, ensuring appropriate coverage for vulnerable service users. Our digital personnel records maintain comprehensive documentation for regulatory inspections. BrightHR’s rota planning tools facilitate efficient scheduling whilst ensuring compliance with working time regulations. Our HR advisory service supports managers through disciplinary processes, capability issues, and contractual matters.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02039 658988
CareLineLive
CareLineLive’s cloud-based all-in-one homecare management software improves efficiency, capacity and compliance in home care agencies by digitising workflows and automating processes such as rostering and payroll. Providers save time and money, and carers spend less time on paperwork allowing them more time delivering better care.
CareLineLive’s Carer Companion mobile app and Care Circle portal complete the ‘circle of care’ keeping carers, family members and healthcare professionals informed.
We provide complete onboarding training and our friendly customer support team are always available for on-going support. All-in-one simple, affordable and transparent pricing including all upcoming features and improvements.
CareLineLive is an NHSx and Digital Social Care Records Assured Supplier. Accreditations include NHS Data Security Protection (DSP) Toolkit, Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 9001 and 27001. We hold the PRSB About Me and Personalised Care & Support Plan Standards at Level 3.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03300 885 767
Citation
Whether you’re starting a care business or growing one, at Citation you’ll find everything you need to help you get HR, Health & Safety and Care Inspectorate compliance right.
How?
- 24/7 expert advice – Round-the-clock phone access to expert HR and Health & Safety professionals
- Atlas, their smart compliance technology – Manage essential HR and Health & Safety tasks, training and documentation in one place with the Atlas online hub
- Specialist on-site support – Annual HR check-ins and site visits delivered by their lovely local consultants
- Advice so good, it’s guaranteed – As long as you follow their advice, they’ll defend you against tribunal claims up to £1.5million a year
- Documentation, sorted – Policies, risk assessments, contracts – their experts have them covered for you, so you can focus on what you do best
- Care Inspectorate Pro – Ace your inspections and tick off your regulatory obligations with this handy online tool
- Care mock inspections – Avoid any surprises when the regulator comes to call with mock inspections by Citation’s professional team
Kick things off with Citation today
If you’d like to chat about how Citation can support your care business just fill in their call-back form, and they’ll get right back to you. Remember to quote ‘Scottish Care’ when enquiring to access preferential rates.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0345 844 1111
Howden Insurance Brokers
At Howden, we believe we do insurance differently. Our mission is to simplify the insurance process for you, providing expert advice and seamless service, to make buying the right insurance for your care business easier.
Our role goes beyond that of an insurance broker arranging policies. As a team of seasoned specialists with over 20 years’ experience in the social care sector, we know it inside out and understand the challenging, complex and constantly evolving landscape within which you operate. We are committed to providing you with more choice and flexibility with your insurance and risk management programme, so that together, we can tailor the solution to your specific needs.
We cater for the full spectrum of your insurance requirements, whether professional, commercial or personal, so that you will receive the right cover and support to help protect yourself, your business, your employees and your service users.
- Building and contents
- Public and employers’ liability including abuse and molestation protection
- Cyber
- Medical indemnity, including prescribing nurses as standard
- Professional indemnity
- Business interruption
- Motor
- Directors’ and Officers’
- Legal expenses protection, for employment and other matters, including access to helplines
- Group employee benefits
Whilst we are the fifth-largest employee-owned enterprise in the UK and among the foremost insurance brokers globally, our success comes from our local-focus and service-led approach.
Contact the team today:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0117 205 1820
Linq Recruitment Specialists
Founded in 2017, LINQ Recruitment specialises in recruiting across the health, social care, medical & education sectors.
We are experts in connecting exceptional talent within leading private healthcare organisations and local authorities, placing almost 1000 individuals a year across private hospitals, surgical centres, specialist health services, and local authorities.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07562 715761
Lottie and Found by Lottie
Lottie is the UK’s most visited online care directory, offering a unique marketplace for Care Homes, Home Care, and Retirement Living. It stands out by providing families with real-time availability and detailed pricing, enhancing the consumer experience in urgent care searches. Lottie promotes over 5,000 care services in the UK, including top providers like Avery, Barchester, Bupa, and Helping Hands, and has a 4.9* Trustpilot rating.
Found by Lottie is a leading CRM and occupancy platform, designed specifically for the care industry. It simplifies admin through smart technology, integrating enquiry handling, occupancy, and billing into one system. Found reduces paperwork, tracks leads, and automates invoicing, resulting in a 23% improvement in occupancy rates and a 25% increase in enquiry conversions. Lottie is excited to partner with Scottish Care, aiming to make the care industry a bit pinker, brighter and happier.
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone: 07481 727664
Nourish Care
Nourish Care are the leading provider of care management software in the UK. We support a wide variety of customers located in Scotland supporting Nursing, Residential, Domiciliary Care, Supported Living, Extra Care and Housing related support.
Our system has robust functionality for you to record, review and report your care, all customisable to wrap around the unique needs of your community.
The Nourish Partnership Programme integrates our system with a range of other platforms to connect your technology, as well as your people.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 023 8000 2288
Person Centred Software
Person Centred Software is the leading provider of person led care management software, including care performance, care planning, medication management, wellness and activities, family engagement, safe staffing and training. PCS data foundation enables their customers to understand the real quality of care delivered and proactively work to improve outcomes, for the good of the residents and the sector.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01483 357 657
Phoenix Specialist Risk Solutions
Insurance should be as hassle free as possible, and that is where we, Phoenix Specialist Risk Solutions come in. From quotation through to confirming the cover and beyond, we liaise with you in a manner that works for you – whether that be talking through it step by step or simply giving you the headlines.
Our expertise as a broker is divided into three areas:
- Care Insurance
- General Insurance
- Life & Health Insurance
Contact us for a free no obligation quotation on 0141 673 8805 or at [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0141 673 8805
Specsavers Home Visits
Specsavers Home Visits provide expert eyecare to care home residents and those who are unable to leave their home unaccompanied due to a physical or mental illness or disability. We’re proud to support our local communities and are passionate about improving the eye health of our patients by providing advanced eyecare services on behalf of the NHS, enabling an improvement in the quality of life of our service users, all while in the comfort of their own home or care home. We’re also starting to roll out hearing services too, with two of our five Scottish Home Visits businesses now offering this much-needed service.
Our opticians and audiologists are experienced in providing Domiciliary care, using equipment specially designed for this service and always accommodating a patient’s needs to ensure they are comfortable. Patient’s can also take advantage of the same great offers that they would find in Specsavers stores, with glasses starting from just £15, and hearing aids from £495.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0800 198 1132
Commercial Partners
Adaptive Care
Adaptive Care is an industry leader in CLB Acoustic Monitoring and an Award-Winning Health and Social care technology company. Formed originally as Adaptive IT in 2002, Adaptive Care has been providing innovative and industry leading technology into the Care Industry for over 20 years. Recognised for our work by the Care Sector, we are accelerating the pace of change by championing innovative and emerging technologies and using them to improve care quality and effectiveness.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01604 603456
Alarm Radio Monitoring Ltd
Alarm Radio Monitoring (ARM) have been manufacturing and installing wireless nurse call and staff alarm systems for over 30 years. ARM’s wireless systems are quick and easy to install, with minimum disruption to residents or staff.
Our systems are designed to meet your requirements and supported by a dedicated team in Scotland, plus free 24/7, engineer manned, telephone support.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01568 610016
Boots
Boots has over 30 years’ experience providing medication and support for your residents. To help you meet regulator’s standards we offer a range of training topics through our eLearning platform, Boots Care Learning. We work with industry-leading eMAR providers to provide the best eMAR solution to suit your needs.
Email: [email protected]
Borderless
At Borderless, we believe in a world where borders are no longer barriers. That’s why we have built a technology platform that connects care professionals, both within the UK and abroad – with care providers using technology to manage and streamline the entire immigration process. We offer sponsor license applications, recruitment technology including candidate sourcing, vetting and offers, visa processing, and compliance management, all supported by our in-house team of immigration experts.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0330 808 0086
Burns Gym
Burns Gym offers a cost-effective, evidence-based online exercise service tailored specifically for care home residents throughout the UK. Delivered via Zoom and wearing our signature kilts, we bring passion, energy, and expertise to every session, emphasising not just physical health but also the vital social connections that uplift the spirits of the elderly. No equipment is needed, ensuring easy participation for all residents.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07872 637656 (Joe) / 07729 944554 (Tony)
Care Recruitment International
Care Recruitment International (CRI) is an ethical recruitment agency recruiting top-class carers and nurses from the Philippines into the UK social care sector. Our approach blends personalised customer service with technology to deliver fantastic new team members in the shortest amount of time with minimal hassle.
We are trusted by a number of independent residential care home groups and local councils across Scotland and the UK.
Contact us today for a free consultation!
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0131 210 0501
CareHomeLife
CareHomeLife is an award-winning supplier of consumables and equipment to care homes across the UK, providing care home essentials such as laundry, incontinence, and cleaning products and systems that prioritise people, planet, and pocket. Our story starts and ends with people. We’re people who care homes can rely on, driven by an unwavering purpose – to make it possible for people who work there to keep life running smoothly, to make care home life better for those who live there.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01772 425310
Clan Contracts Interiors Limited
With over 35 years of industry experience, at the heart of our continued success lies our commitment to service. Nothing is more important to us than our clients. Clan Contract Interiors Ltd specialise in the supply and installation of all flame retardant pelmets, curtains & blinds, flooring, furniture, beds, wallcovering & interior accessories. As a preferred supplier to Scottish Care, we will always endeavour to find the lowest possible cost options, without ever compromising on quality.
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Phone: 01355 500 243
Consultiv Utilities Limited
Consultiv Utilities Ltd, established in 2017, provides comprehensive utility management services to businesses across the UK. The company offers tailored solutions in energy, water, waste, and communications. Leveraging strong supplier relationships and advanced technology, Consultiv Utilities delivers competitive contracts, real-time data through its Connect Hub, and support for sustainability initiatives.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0191 250 5560
Countrywide Healthcare Supplies Ltd
A leading distributor with over 28 years’ experience specialising in the supply of products into care homes in Scotland. With over 4000 products available from stock at our national distribution centre, and increased stockholding and logistics provision via established depots in Scotland we are continuously looking at ways we can improve our offer to our valued customers. Our robust and diverse supply chain enables us to offer choice and cost efficiency to our customers on a wide range of products ranging from specialist equipment and furniture, nursing and medical supplies right through to janitorial and chemical supplies which now include our Bio range of cleaning product which offer a sustainable solution for our customers.
Email: [email protected]
Phone (Head Office): 01226 719090
Phone (National Account Manager): 07912 261124
Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP
Davidson Chalmers Stewart: an independent commercial law firm focused on the needs of organisations across Scotland and part of the Scottish Care legal resource panel. Our specialist lawyers are recognised as leaders in their fields providing an extensive range of legal services tailored to the specific needs of care sector clients. Areas of specialist expertise include Construction, Corporate, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Environmental, Planning, Real Estate & Regulatory.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0131 625 9191
DDC Dolphin
At DDC, our mission is clear: Protecting lives through smarter, safer healthcare.
With over 30 years of expertise, DDC is a global leader in manufacturing and supplying specialist infection control equipment, including bedpan washer disinfectors, medical pulp macerators, and incontinence macerators. Our cutting-edge solutions empower healthcare facilities worldwide to maintain the highest standards of hygiene and safety.
As innovators at the forefront of technology, we combine decades of engineering experience with unparalleled specialist knowledge. In the UK, we also offer the most advanced service and maintenance packages, ensuring our equipment delivers reliability and performance for years to come.
Contact Us:
Head Office
T: 01202 731 555
Territory Manager – Jon Lowe
M: 07936 336 720
E: [email protected] |
Elite Contract Furniture
Elite Contract Furniture has 70 years of experience, specialising in crafting safe, comfortable and practical care environments for businesses. Our product range includes a wide variety of furniture, lighting, flooring and accessories, catering to the unique needs of each client. Our focus on quality, customisation and personal service helps us ensure each space we create feels like home.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0141 429 1124
Insight Coaching & Consultancy Ltd
Insight Coaching & Consultancy Ltd empowers care organisations with tailored consultancy and coaching programmes. We challenge the status quo, equip care providers with tools for change, conduct regular “Health Checks”, and provide on-site support. Our coaching packages enhance emotional intelligence and maximise strengths, helping you exceed minimum compliance, optimise resources, and improve key areas. We offer Scottish Care members a complimentary 1-hour consultation, followed by a 10% discount on the total package cost when booked post-consultation.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07835 097099
Lyreco UK
Lyreco are an expert supplier of workplace solutions and office supplies. We pride ourselves on being an award-winning socially and environmentally responsible company having recently been awarded the Eco Vadis 2023 Gold sustainability rating. Lyreco can provide you with everything you need at work regardless of whether your workplace is an office, a home, a warehouse, or a building site. By working with us we help our customers see the results that they value for their businesses.
Email: [email protected]
Phone:07977 270825
Navigator Employment Law Limited
Navigator is a bespoke employment law, HR, data protection and health & safety practice based in the West End of Edinburgh. We provide audit, compliance, advisory, legal and consultancy services to clients across Scotland and the UK. Our largest client has 27,000 employees spread across the UK and our smallest has five staff; and so we have to tailor our offering to the precise needs and requirements of our clients.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0333 2400 308
Neuven Solutions
Neutral Vendor Recruitment Management Platform & Account Management Solutions- we are completely neutral. We have no affiliations to any particular recruitment agencies. This means we:
- Drive cost efficiencies across you agency and bank staffing needs
- Give you access to our experts who have extensive experience in social care
- Provide you with visibility and control of your workforce through Venneu.com
- Reduce variation in costs and terms of engagement when using multiple agencies
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07944 571962
Newcross Healthcare
Newcross Healthcare, a Grade 5/6 agency in health and social care, operates across Scotland, uniquely listed on frameworks for all local authorities and health boards as well as being a preferred partner for many care providers. Specialising in staffing solutions, we provide skilled professionals into care settings such as care homes, supported living facilities, and specialised units. Additionally, our comprehensive care at home services offer personalised support, ensuring compassionate and meticulous care for diverse needs.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07766 106575
Nxsys
Nxsys is a premier cloud-based payroll platform designed specifically for UK and Irish businesses. Serving both the Temp and Perm employment sectors, we specialize in automation to streamline payroll admin, minimizing manual effort.
Tailored for the Care Sector, our platform offers key features such as an Employee Mobile App, Self-service Employee Onboarding with Right to Work (RTW) checks and Digital Contract Signing, an Integrated Timesheet Portal, and Automated Pension Enrolment.
Email: [email protected]
Phone:0330 828 5203
Omnicare Pharmacy
As a proud Care Service Specialist, Omnicare Pharmacy has a dedicated Care Services team with more than 30 years’ experience who are available to advise and provide direct support when addressing challenges or implementing changes. We offer a choice of training including Pharmacist led accredited face to face medication training and e-learning through our online platform. We can help you to achieve regulatory medication standards to ensure you can focus on providing the best person centred care.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07553 377985
PainChek
PainChek®, the app available on smartphones and tablets that enables digital pain assessments by using facial analysis technology, is the world’s first regulatory cleared medical device for the assessment of pain. Enabling best-practice pain management for people living with pain in any environment, PainChek®’s pain assessments can be conducted on those who cannot reliably self-report their pain, those who can, and those who fluctuate between the two.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0333 5773397
PASS
PASS helps care providers be the best they can be, by putting people, not paperwork, at the heart of care.
Easy to use, feature rich and benefiting from unlimited 24/7/365 support, PASS is transforming care delivery nationwide.
And now with 14 /14 DSCR Standards achieved, PASS is the leading care management software solution for compliance. You can be assured that you’re in safe and experienced hands.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03300 940 118
POS Group
POS Group is a well-established, vibrant workwear and office supplies provider that can cater for all your organisation’s requirements. Based in Motherwell we are ideally situated to service our extensive client base throughout Scotland and UK wide.
Whether it is workwear & uniforms, embroidery, PPE, alterations and repairs, general stationery, printing, janitorial, furniture or promotional goods we at Professional Office Supplies provide a quality product at a service level second to none.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07739 827193
Phone (Office): 01698 263277
Spearhead
Spearhead are a trusted supply partner for Care Home Operators, providing care home supplies you can rely on, backed by a strong supply chain, reliable delivery network and dedicated account managers.
From consumables, equipment and furniture through to equipment maintenance contracts, compliance and training, Spearhead deliver a complete service from a single source.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0345 180 1800
Spectrum Printing Marketing Ltd
Providing a single source solution for all your print and marketing requirements…
Stationery / Envelopes/ Business forms/ Leaflets/ Brochures/ Posters/ Roller banners/ Display boards/ external PVC banners/ Branded Clothing and Merchandise / direct mail campaigns / and much more
If you have any enquiries or would like further information, please contact –
Contact Andrew Page
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07383 329603
Strategic Thinking
Strategic Thinking’s mission is to Educate, Develop and Support the Health & Social Care workforce. We work alongside our partners Evo software to provide an online learning and development platform which includes various care compliance tools designed specifically for the care sector that promotes excellence in care. It allows Care Home / Care at Home providers the opportunity to implement an all-in-one system which supports the management of their care business.
Our platform gives Managers a complete overview of all aspects of their care provision which drives forward compliance, evidencing best practice & improving the quality of care. We can offer a single system that gives you access to over 70 courses, over 200 policies and procedures, clinical skills, audit tool suite, resource library, staff wellness portal, expert podcasts, rotas, Companion App and more.
We offer a blended approach to training with various face to face courses available delivered by our exceptional trainers at your own premises throughout the UK and Ireland.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0333 577 3383
Thain Commercial LTD
Thain Commercial provide Sales / Service / Repairs with Commercial Laundry and Dishwashing Equipment, we are an independent supplier operating from two bases covering the whole country including the isles, we partner with the premium manufacturers in our industry – Miele, Electrolux and Speedqueen. We also provide complete consultancy in laundry design layout and processing ensuring compliance with all current legislation on infection control, thermal disinfection.
Email (Service / Repairs / Contracts) – [email protected]
Email (Sales / General Laundry Process Advice) – [email protected]
The Nursing Partnership
When only the best will do.
We are one of only two agencies in Scotland graded 6 by the Care Inspectorate for Leadership and Staffing — the highest possible rating.
That means you get care staff who are not just qualified, but trained, supported, and trusted to deliver the highest standards, every shift.
We supply Nurses, Carers, Support Workers and Social Workers across Scotland, from short-term cover to long-term solutions.
Our teams are rigorously recruited, continuously developed, and carefully matched to meet your service’s needs.
We are also on contract frameworks for all 32 local authorities and all 14 health boards — trusted partners in care across Scotland.
As part of The Social Care Community Partnership (TSCCP), we bring the strength of an award-winning provider with over two million hours of care delivered since 2006. Together, we offer a complete, trusted staffing solution for Scotland’s health and social care providers.
Better care. Trusted people. Real value.
Switch to Scotland’s Grade 6 agency — and see the difference.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0141 212 6565
Trust-Training Ltd
We are a leading CPD-accredited provider of vocational courses in Health and Social Care, Childcare, and Mental Health across Scotland. Our training courses align with industry standards, ensuring top-quality learning for all. Our experienced trainers bring a wealth of knowledge and practical insights to every course, ensuring that you receive high-quality, relevant, and interactive training for your staff. Choose from in-person or online options, empowering your staff with essential knowledge.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0131 363 0022
Wagestream
Founded in 2018 by Peter Briffett, Portman Wills, and backed by group of leading financial charities – including the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Social Tech Trust, Better Society Capital, and the Fair By Design fund- Wagestream’s mission is to improve the financial wellbeing of people in work. Wagestream is a behavioural change toolkit. Employees can track their shifts and earnings on a daily basis, choose their own pay cycle through flexible pay, save direct from salary with market leading interest rates, access government benefits, and much more, all in one app.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07818 858774
