SJIB Update from Fiona Harper

I hope that you enjoyed the festivities and that 2021 is good to you.

As we enter the new year, the SJIB Team will continue to work from home.

At least one member of the Team will visit The Walled Garden daily to process the incoming mail and distribute the workload across the Team.  And so, I would ask you to please post all Grading and ECS Health, Safety & Environmental Assessment applications to the SJIB at The Walled Garden, Bush Estate, Midlothian, EH26 0SB.

Please be reassured that working in this way helps the Team to properly track and manage the flow of the applications and does not result in any delay as we are meeting our stated processing timeframes (2-3 weeks).

If you do have a query - it’s best, in the first instance, to email us using the Contact Us Form on the SJIB website – and, the Team will respond without delay.

I am hopeful, now that the vaccine is being rolled out across Scotland, that the Scottish Government will review its guidance and that we will be able to return to The Walled Garden in the not-too-distant future.  I will be in touch with a further update when I know more.

In the meantime - keep well and stay safe.

Fiona Harper

The Secretary of the SJIB