As lockdown restrictions are eased across the UK, owners and directors of ELT centres will be planning the date and nature of their re-opening for face-to-face teaching. This will not be the same for all.

English UK and key representatives of the business, tourism and leisure industries have written to the Prime Minister, proposing the idea of 'air bridges' as an alternative to the blanket quarantining of all UK arrivals.

The UK government has announced that people arriving to the UK from Monday 8 June 2020 will need to self-isolate in their accommodation for 14 days. 

As schools move online, they must continue to consider and adapt safeguarding around this form of delivery. This may be an additional challenge especially for schools who have not had an online presence previously.  Ensuring your safeguarding procedures are comprehensive are as vital now as they ever have been.

English UK has expressed frustration as local councils continue to arbitrarily apply business rates relief around the country in the absence of intervention from the Treasury.

Home office announces visa extension until 31 July 2020 for those currently in the UK who cannot return to their home country due to the Covid-19 pandemic

English UK has prepared a memorandum and proposed amendment emphasising our key concerns around the Bill, the changes to the immigration rules we would like to see, and requiring the government to commit all future proposals around the rules to expert scrutiny before making changes. We have also indicated that we are willing to appear before the Scrutiny Committee to present our concerns.

We invite members to complete the Migration Advisory Committee's call for evidence for the shortage occupation list. The consulation closes at 11:45 on Wednesday 24 June 2020.

In order to move to electronic invoices, English UK member centres are asked to observe certain conditions...

Be honest and transparent, remember the details, collaborate and keep communicating.

A few insights from last week's Members' Conference, which attracted almost 500 registrations for two plenaries and 16 breakout sessions on marketing, finance, safeguarding, teaching online and more. Thank you to all our delegates and speakers for creating such an interesting and inspiring afternoon.

We made our case at a meeting of the Education Sector Advisory Group, co-chaired by Graham Stuart MP...

Trade associations representing thousands of tourist businesses, together with the Local Government Association, have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking him to urgently change civil servants' interpretation of his Coronavirus Business Rates Relief Scheme, launched to support the UK's hospitality and leisure industries.