If you have been or contacted by any organisation whose conference is not hosted on this website it is not a Holyrood conference.

Holyrood is a Scottish company operating almost exclusively in Scotland and relies on reputation for continuity of business. There is  a number of other  less scrupulous ‘conference organisers’, mainly from the south, who are operating in Scotland, one even  using our Holyrood logo’s, typefaces and  inferring association!

We have no right to a monopoly on policy conferences but please ensure you checklist the following before attending or agreeing to support or sponsor a non-Holyrood conference.

• Do not book unless keynote speakers are confirmed, not ‘to be invited or confirmed’. Government Ministers may cancel at short notice but once confirmed generally attend. Contact Scottish Executive press office 0131 244 1111.
• Confirm the endorsement of the Scottish Executive or Scottish Parliament which is generally difficult to organise but very rarely challenged once published on commercial literature. Contact Scottish Executive press office 0131 244 1111 or the Scottish Parliament press office on 0131 348 5000.
  
• Check with your own professional representative or training organisation that CPD hours claimed are true
  
• Confirm with the quoted venue that the conference is going ahead before making payment
  
• If you are in private sector never pay more than £250 per day or £200 in the public sector