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.