Registers of Scotland podcast

In our latest Registers of Scotland podcast and in honour of International Women’s Day, two of our Geovation Scotland team – Jess Sibley and Alex Gordon – discuss all things female entrepreneurship. They are joined by some of the female founders currently on the Geovation Scotland accelerator programme who speak about the highlights of their entrepreneurial journey so far. Useful Links: Pathways R...

As 2022 comes to an end, we're joined on the podcast by Jennifer Henderson, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland. Listen as we look back over the year and review the many new services, improvements, and initiatives that RoS has undertaken in the past 12 months. Useful links - Visit our website - Visit our blog - Webinar recordings - Sign up to events

In the latest edition of the Registers of Scotland podcast we are joined by Senior Product Manager at RoS, Alastair Reid to talk about all things mapping. Listen as we discuss the recent changes we have made to our mapping infrastructure, winning the Geography in Government award and more.

Around 18 months ago, we embarked on our journey to improving equality, diversity and inclusion at RoS, for both colleagues and customers. Joined by Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Jennifer Henderson, Non-Executive director at RoS, Andrew Harvey, and our EDI lead at RoS, Elizabeth Akurang, we discuss the work that we have done so far to support our colleagues and customers, share some persona...

RoS completes the majority of applications we receive within 35 days, but some take longer. In this podcast, Chris Kerr, Registration and Policy Director at RoS, explains why that happens, our strategy for tackling longstanding casework and the ongoing support available to customers. It’s a must-listen for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s land and property sector.

In the latest edition of our podcast, our host Roman Smith is joined by Head of Land Register Completion, Fiona McKie.  Listen as we discuss our plans to deliver the benefits of a completed land register, unlocking sasines and more.  Keep up to date on our blog . Land register completion (LRC) - progress update

Non-Executive Directors at RoS provide an important external perspective on the work we do, supporting us in shaping our strategy; ensuring that we are meeting our performance targets and delivering value to our customers. Our host Roman Smith, is joined by two of our newly appointed Non-Executive Directors at RoS, Elaine Melrose and Asim Muhammad. Listen as they share their experiences in the rol...

Geovation Scotland is an accelerator programme that providers bespoke support to early stage start ups working in the location and/or property technology sector. We are now half way through the accelerator programme for our third Geovation Scotland cohort. On this special edition of the Registers of Scotland podcast hosted by Geovation Scotland's Jess Sibley, we talk to Olivia Dovernor (The Studen...

As 2021 comes to an end, we're joined on the podcast by Jennifer Henderson, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland. Listen as we look back over the year and review the many new services, improvements, and initiatives that RoS has undertaken in the past 12 months. Useful links: - Moving registration to the cloud blogs - Webinar recordings - Future of Conveyancing conference recordings - Future of Conv...

At Registers of Scotland, we have recently published our Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for 2021-2026. A very important topic across the world right now and even more so with COP26 being hosted in Glasgow this year. In this podcast we speak to Sustainability & Climate Change Manager at RoS, Emma Thomas. 

In 2019, Registers of Scotland (RoS) set out a transformative strategy outlining why cloud could support our corporate vision of becoming a digital registration and information business, trusted for its integrity. In this episode we are joined by Paul Christie, Head of IT Service at RoS and Cheryl Hunter Product Manager at RoS to discuss the journey we have taken to move registration to the cloud.

2021 was a year where the impact of the pandemic continued to spread across all sectors. Yet, in the midst of so much change the startup community proved the resilience of their innovation, spirit, and determination. This special edition podcast goes right to the heart of that startup journey as two of Scotland’s geotechnology and property technology founders share their startup stories as part of...

Following an exciting Future of Conveyancing conference 2021, this special edition podcast opens the floor for a reflective chat on what the future of conveyancing in Scotland could look like. Join our conference host David Lee as he speaks to Registers of Scotland, Keeper and Chief Executive, Jennifer Henderson to discuss some of the key points from the conference. 

In this episode we sit down with Chris Kerr , Registration & Policy Director here at Registers of Scotland to discuss how resilient services can be built during difficult times and how this was done during COVID-19. We also take a moment to discuss Chris' career journey and what the journey of digital transformation looks like for large organisations.

With the pandemic meaning our offices were closed and mental health wellbeing declining across every sector, age group, and demographic across Scotland, our employee wellbeing team took extra steps to ensure staff at RoS had a safe space to look after their mental health at work. This Mental Health Awareness Week our host Roman Smith sits down with Carol Duffin, Colleague Experience Manager and Is...

With this year's International Women's Day #ChooseToChallenge we're delighted to be joined by Deepa Mann-Kler , Non-Executive Director and Jacq Kelly, Media and Public Affairs Manager at Registers of Scotland as guests in this inspiring and thought-provoking episode. Join host Roman Smith as she opens the floor for some fantastically open and uplifting conversation on how organisations and individ...

With developments like the recent climate emergency, organisations have more of a responsibility than ever to pay attention to their environmental impact.  At Registers of Scotland we’ve taken this seriously; we’ve made progress already, but there’s more work to do and we have plans in place to make our work more sustainable than ever in future.  In this edition we’re joined by Emma Roy, Sustainab...

From the app on your smartphone to the GPS in your car and the well-thumbed, dog-eared road atlas on your bookshelf, maps are a critical part of life. For hundreds of years, the organisation that’s been at the heart of mapping in Great Britain is Ordnance Survey. Registers of Scotland is responsible for maintaining the legal registers relating to land and property in Scotland, but to do this effec...

Have you ever wondered about the exact records and details of the property you own? In this podcast, we’ll be exploring some of the property information you can find on our registers, so you know the what, the where and the how for accessing information about where you live. Registers of Scotland underpins the process for each and every property purchase in Scotland, but for the average person buy...

In our sixth podcast we hear from Registers of Scotland’s Stephanie Brown, Head of Product, and Head of Product at [Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house), James Downes, on how to deliver customer focussed digital products and services, and how our two organisations, [Registers of Scotland](https://www.ros.gov.uk/) and [Companies House](https://www.gov.uk/gov...

In our fifth podcast we hear from Registers of Scotland’s Clare Barnett, User Experience Lead, Hilary Brownlie, Head of Service Design and Innovation and the Service Design Lead at the [Scottish Government](https://www.gov.scot/), Anna Henderson on how to design services for the public sector. Did you know that there’s evidence of service design in our Land Registers as far back as 1807? Thomas Th...

In our fourth podcast our Keeper, Jennifer Henderson, and the President of [The Law Society of Scotland](https://www.lawscot.org.uk/), the professional body for 11,000 solicitors in Scotland, Alison Atack, discuss the hot topic of equality and diversity. Registers of Scotland is committed to create an [equal workforce, eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity](https://www.ros.gov.uk/ab...

In our third podcast we’re heading to the sunny shores of Dundee to talk to Allan Watt, Project Director of Dundee Waterfront, the most active and exciting re-generation project currently undertaken in the UK. Did you know that the grid layout re-connecting the city centre with the waterfront was simply sketched by hand one Saturday morning on a kitchen table? Today that plan features attractions...

How do chickens, a mushroom farm and manure end up in a conversation about data? In our latest podcast, our host Stef talks all things data with Registers of Scotland’s very own Data Architect, Alan Howie. If you have questions like, ‘why are house prices going up?’, ‘how do I find out the value of my house?’ and ‘where does this information come from?’, then look no further! In this podcast you’l...

In this first episode of our brand-new podcast we speak to our chief executive Jennifer Henderson, who joined us in April 2018 as Keeper of the Registers of Scotland. From her beginnings studying nuclear physics to working with the Ministry of Defence, Jennifer brings a wealth of fascinating experience to her new role of overseeing land registration and information in Scotland. Our host Lucy speak...