SALTalks on Scottish Housing Day – Homes for Life
John Blackwood in conversation with Dr Cate Pemble from the Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA) project, in support of this year’s Scottish Housing Day.
John and Catherine discuss how to future-proof your property, creating homes for life, by making subtle, thoughtful changes that boost accessibility for older tenants and promotes inclusivity for everyone
This online Scottish Housing Day session was recorded on 18 September 2024.
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Scottish Letting Day 2026 – attendee information
Delegate information for Scottish Letting Day 2026
We are looking forward to welcoming you along to Scottish Letting Day on Wednesday 4 November at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.
This video presentation will guide you through all the information you need to know before attending the event this year, what to expect on the day, a summary of the speaker sessions and information about traveling and parking on the day.
This presentation was recorded on 7 October 2026
SALTalks with Gail Bowden, SAL compliance manager
John Blackwood in conversation with Gail Bowden, compliance manager with SAL. It is a good time of year to be proactive regarding your rental property/properties – checking registration renewal, safety, insurance, maintenance to name but a few. This session will guide you through the Annual health check for private rental properties that is found in the resource section of the SAL website, and which highlights the issues you should be thinking about.
You can download the annual health check for private properties from the SAL online resources here.
The slides from Gail’s presentation can be downloaded here.
This session was recorded on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
SAL Soundbites: Client accounting – managing risk, compliance and landlord expectations
SAL Soundbites are 15 minute presentations delivered as part of our regular letting agent member meetings.
This session features Dr Neil Cobbold from Reapit, discussing the issues around client accounting and how to manage it correctly. Neil will cover the current requirements, address the risks of getting it wrong and how to use technology to mitigate those risks.
This session was recorded on 27 August 2026.