Mark Rendell and Shoko Doherty have been voted the new chair and vice-chair of the English UK Board of Trustees. Both are active members of the ELT industry, running schools in England and Wales. They play a major role in representing the sector both locally and nationally, and believe their experience will be invaluable in helping the industry tackle the challenge of rebuilding after Covid-19 and the withdrawal of EU freedom of movement.

Our 'Get ready for summer' event focussed on the logistics and preparation needed for member to operate in summer 2021.

Once again we are hugely disappointed that the government's first review of its traffic-light system not only sees no new countries added to its green list but also contains no indication of when and how countries might be moved to green in future. This is in contrast to the announcement from the Irish government today that arrivals from the EU and elsewhere with a vaccine certificate or a negative Covid-19 test will be welcome there from 19 July without quarantine and other restrictions.

The voice of the membership was at the forefront of our first-ever hybrid members' conference.

Congratulations to our newly elected trustees Jago Brown, Leon Zhang, Shoko Doherty, Stephan Roussounis, and Tim Cooke.