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Mattison Contract Beds Exclusive 10% Discount

Posted on October 18, 2022October 31, 2023 by Fiona Campbell

ASSC Partners, Mattison Contract Beds are offering an exclusive 10% discount for ASSC Members.

With a range designed exclusively for the contract market, Mattison Contract Beds is one of the industry’s leading manufacturers with over 150 years of experience. As a UK manufacturer, Mattison Contract Beds produce handcrafted mattresses, divan beds and headboards, plus sofa beds, guest beds, metal beds, bunk beds and bedding accessories which all comply with Crib 5 UK fire regulations. With an extensive portfolio of clients ranging from Scottish self-catering properties and cottages, leading Independent hotels and chains, serviced apartments, universities, schools, cruise ships and interior designers, these are beds for business – designed for demand. With regular deliveries to Scotland, we can service all ASSC members requirements to any volume.

For product orders placed in October, November and December, there is an enhanced discount of 10% off the published Mattison Contract Beds Trade Price List* for all ASSC members. Please mention this newsletter to receive your 10% discount and contact Derek Laing on 07768 932853 or email dlaing@mattisoncontractbeds.co.uk for further information about our ranges.

*Subject to terms and conditions. 10% discount applicable to product items only. Delivery, installation and disposal charges still apply at normal trade pricing where applicable.

Association Excellence Awards

Posted on October 18, 2022May 14, 2024 by Fiona Campbell

The ASSC is delighted to have won the Silver Award at the Association Excellence Awards 2022 for Best Lobbying Campaign for the Short-Term Let Licensing and Planning Control Area Legislation.

The ASSC was also shortlisted for the following awards:

Best Leadership Award
Best Membership Support During Covid-19 (up to 4000 members).

Fiona Campbell, ASSC’s CEO said:

“We are truly humbled by this award and are gratified by the recognition of the Herculean effort given by the entire team at ASSC, without whom we would not have had the successes that we’ve had. Our sector has been one of the country’s hardest hit with first the pandemic, the onerous licensing scheme, which has now officially started, as well as the impact of the cost of living crisis on our members. It has been a very challenging time but we will continue to fight on behalf of our members to maintain Scotland’s tourism sector’s place as one of the best in the world. “

Legal Opinion on Planning in Edinburgh (2018)

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Fiona Campbell

In 2018, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) provided written evidence to the Local Government and Communities Committee as part of their consideration of the Scottish Government’s Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The purpose of the supplementary evidence was to update the Committee on a development relating to legal advice obtained by the ASSC on the requirement for planning permission for self-catering properties. This was supplied by the legal firm Brodies LLP in March 2018.

Some of the main points from the legal advice obtained by the ASSC include the statement that

“..the commercial element (in self-catering use] is broadly similar to a residential property being occupied by a tenant paying rent…The question is therefore whether short stay occupation necessarily has different planning considerations/impacts. Short stay occupation involves people living in the property, just for shorter periods. However, that does not necessarily mean the nature/impacts of the occupation are different.”

The advice goes on to discuss how permanent residents can have different movements depending on a variety of issues, including employment, leisure interests, family circumstances, health. For instance, a family with teenage children might enter and leave the property many times during the day and night. Therefore, the advice maintains that:

“Users of a self-catering property are therefore unlikely to exhibit markedly different characteristics to more permanent residents. Disruptive or anti-social behaviour is just as likely in residential use as self-catering use.”

The advice concludes with the following:

“…reasonable arguments can be made that self-catering use does not involve a material change of use from residential use. That has been the outcome in individual cases decided by appeal reporters/inspectors and upheld by the courts. It is also impliedly supported by the statements in the Scottish Government Circular 4/1998.”

Read the opinion: Legal Opinion