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CEO Review – 30th August 2025.

Schools are back and Parliament has even started so the excuses for inactivity should well and truly be disappearing in the autumn mists. Over the last week we have made […]

CEO Review – 16th August 2025.

There is still a sense of tumbleweed going through the political corridors as the summer recess continues and Ministers and many officials seem to be on holiday. Now that the […]

CEO Review – 2nd August 2025.

It has been a quiet couple of weeks with so many people on holiday including the Cabinet Secretary, but this has allowed for some meetings to take place which might […]

CEO Review – 19th July 2025.

I hope readers are enjoying the summer which in typical fashion is swaying between glorious intense sunshine if not an actual heatwave and gales and torrential rain. This summer is […]

CEO Review – 28th June 2025.

Care Reform Bill/Act Members should now have received the detailed analysis and briefing paper on the Care Reform Bill which will receive Royal Assent over the next few weeks. We […]

CEO Review – 14th June 2025.

Parliament Some weeks there is not a lot happening in the Scottish Parliament but that could not be said for the week that is just passed. After 3 years of […]

CEO Review – 31st May 2025.

This is a shorter update as I have been on annual leave for most of the past week but wanted to mention a few things.  (written on Wednesday 28th)  Operation […]

CEO Review – 17th May 2025.

An interesting week – Immigration.  They say that a week is a long time in politics but in truth I think we need to find an equivalent saying for social […]

CEO Review – 3rd May 2025.

VAT changes. Many members will be aware of the sudden notice issued by the HMRC in relation to VAT groupings. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-customs-brief-2-2025-the-use-of-vat-grouping-within-the-care-industry/use-of-vat-grouping-within-the-care-industry This decision has potentially profound implications for some […]

CEO Review of the week to 19th April 2025

Wider financial sustainability. Last time I wrote my update I informed you that we had been involved in contributing to a report which was to be shared with COSLA political […]

CEO Review –  5th April 2025.

NCHC It is just over a week since care home members voted to accept the latest NCHC offer, albeit with considerable reluctance and on the part of many a sense […]

CEO Review –  22nd March 2025.

NCHC  Care home members will perhaps have attended the Extraordinary General meeting which was held yesterday (Friday) to consider the COSLA/Scotland Excel offer letter of the 6th March. That letter […]

CEO Review of the week to 8th March 2025.

CEO Review of the week to 8th March 2025. Financial Sustainability Since my last update a couple of meetings have been held with officials from Scottish Government, HSCP Chief Officer […]

CEO Review of the week to 8th February 2025.

Financial Sustainability As regular readers of this update will know I mentioned the last time the possibility of joining with colleagues from CSOLA to make a joint approach to Scottish […]

CEO Review of the week to 14th December 2024

The Scottish Budget  and National Insurance.  In the last fortnightly update, I indicated what we had identified as our main asks from the Scottish Budget which included clarification on any […]

CEO Review of the week to 30th November 2024

The Scottish Budget. In the last fortnightly update, I linked to the media release which Scottish Care had just produced which gave the overarching results of our poll around the […]