Land Managers' Training Day 2026
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Date
Time
09:30
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15:30
Cost
170.00
Cost (Members)
85.00
Capacity
46 places available
Booking Cut-off
Friday 20 Mar, 12:00:pm
Organiser
Michelle Nicholson
Organiser Email
michelle.nicholson@scottishlandandestates.co.uk
Members: £85 + VAT
Non-Members: £170 + VAT
Venue: Perth Racecourse, Scone Palace Park, Perth, Perthshire PH2 6BB
Join us at our Land Managers' Training Day on the 25 March 2026, sponsored by Savills and Brodies.
This is a vital event for those actively involved in Scottish land management. This one-day event provides the opportunity to be informed of policy and regulatory changes, to share ideas, and to ask questions of our experts.
Always a sell-out event with landowners and land managers, our full-day Land Managers' Training Day is also the perfect Continuing Professional Development activity for SLE's professional members.
The agenda for the day is set out below.
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration and Refreshments | |
| 10.00-10.10 | Welcome and Introduction | Stephen Young, Director of Policy, Scottish Land & Estates |
| 10.10-10.30 | Opportunities for Tourism & Leisure | Adam Davies, Director - Tourism, Leisure and Events Consultant, Rural & Projects, Savills |
| 10.30-10.50 | Latest developments of the Woodland Carbon Code | Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics & Woodland Carbon Code, Scottish Forestry |
| 10.50-11.10 | Questions & Answers | |
| 11.10-11.30 | Refreshments | |
| 11.30-11.50 | Employment Law Update – following the passing of the new Employment Rights Act (2025), there will be some major changes all employers need to understand. | Lynne Marr, Partner - Employment & Immigration, Charities & Third Sector, Education, Firm Management, Government & Public Sector, Brodies |
| 11.50-12.10 | Influencing Scottish Politics – How to tell your story and make your voice heard with politicians | Cameron Gillies, Head of External Affairs, SLE |
| 12.10-12.30 | Questions & Answers | |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch & Networking | |
| 13:40-14:10 and again at 14:15-14:45 | Workshop Sessions
| Four workshops, each running twice, enabling attendees to attend two workshops each. Each workshop will be in a different breakout room. |
Workshop 1 | Agricultural Holdings – the end of an Agricultural tenancy | Andrew Askew Blain, Partner (Real Estate, Rural Business & Natural Capital), Brodies LLP |
Workshop 2
| Cyber Crime Workshop | Gordy Macdonald, Cyber Crime Team & Rural crime prevention insight with the Rural, Acquisitive & Business Preventions Team |
Workshop 3 | Business Optimisation | Kenneth Munn, Director Rural Management, Savills |
Workshop 4 | Non Domestic Rates: a look at the 2026 revaluation and changes to the relief landscape | Anna Gardiner, Senior Policy Adviser (Business & Property), SLE |
| 15.00-15.30 | Expert Panel Session: an opportunity to question the panel on a wide range of rural business issues | Patrick Colquhoun, Vice Chairman (Policy) Scottish Land & Estates Kenneth Munn, Director Rural Management, Savills Graeme Leith, Partner (Living, Real Estate, Rural Business & Natural Capital), Brodies LLP |