Briefings
Periodically briefings are released which may apply to specific teams, sections, or council-wide. In this section you'll find the latest briefs released, as well as others from previous years.
2024 Briefings
06 December New Chief Executive
05 December Council Budget 2025-26
21 November Appointment of Moray Health & Social Care Partnership Chief Officer
11 November Elgin South By-Election Results
24 October Council Budget 2025-26
09 October Pay Award 2024/25
27 September Council Budget Update
26 September Pre-Elections Guidance
4 July Interim Chief Officer HSC Update
25 June Postal Votes
14 June Interim Chief Officer HSC Announcement
29 May Interim Head of Service / Chief Social Work Officer
23 May Pre-Elections Guidance
28 March Best Value in Moray Council report
26 March Interim Chief Executive announced (Appendix)
18 March Head of Service Update
06 March Chief Executive Update
29 February Council Budget 2024-25 and 2025-26 Update
13 February Chief Executive Announcement
2023 Briefings
15 December Council Budget 2024-25 Update
22 November Pay Awards 2023 CoSLA Circular
02 November No Compulsory Redundancy
26 October Council Budget 2024/25, 2025/26 and future financial planning
14 September Budget Survey 2024-25
24 August Employee Survey
28 July Smarter Working Update July 2023
29 June No Complulsory Redundancy
15 June Head of Education Resources & Communities
15 February Annual Leave for Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
30 January Smarter Working Project Update
2022 Briefings
15 November Pay Award 2022 - Back Pay UC Employee Guidance 2022
22 September Smarter Working
14 September (MIJB) Head of Service and Chief Social Work Officer
13 September Funeral arrangements for Her Majesty The Queen
04 July Head of Environmental and Commercial Services
02 June Mental Health Pulse Survey
11 March Pre Elections Guidance
21 Februrary Acting head of Environmental and Commercial Services
02 February Return to Workplace
25 January Head of Environmental and Commercial Services
10 January Social Care Redeployment - Social Care Assistant - Job Description and person specification
2021 Briefings
25 November Resignation of Councillor Paula Coy
16 November Head of Transformation
12 October Seasonal flu vaccination pilot for Moray Council staff
15 September Return to the workplace for office-based staff
02 June Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey Launch
17 May Appointment of Head of Housing and Property Services
17 March: Pre-Elections Guidance
28 January: Appointment of Chief Officer for Health & Social Care Moray
06 January: Lockdown Guidance
2020 Briefings
22 December: Tier Four Restrictions
10 September: Safe Working Measures
07 September: Acting Head of Housing and Property Services (PDF)
15 July: Return to Work (PDF) - Guidance (PDF)
29 June: Acting Head of Housing and Property Services (PDF)
05 June: What to do if someone at work might have Coronavirus (PDF)
19 May: Head of Housing & Property Services (PDF)
17 March: COVID-19 Staff Update (Word)
11 March: COVID-19 Staff Update (Word) Employee FAQs (PDF)
2019 Briefings
21 November: Head of Service Appointments (PDF)
06 November: Pre Election Guidance (PDF)
26 September: Management Restructure (PDF)
06 September: ‘Your Voice’ -The Moray Council Employee Survey 2019 (PDF)
28 June: Senior Management Restructure (PDF)
28 June: Head of Service: Integrated Children’s Services (ICS) – Appointment (PDF)
21 June: Management Structure (PDF)
15 May: Acting Corporate Director (Education & Social Care) (PDF)
01 March: Budget Update (PDF)
11 February: Budget Update (PDF)
28 January: Early retirement or voluntary redundancy (PDF)
23 January: Council Budget 2019-20 (PDF)
2018 Briefings
18 December: Council Budget 2019-20 (PDF)
03 October: Voluntary Early Retirement / Voluntary Severance (PDF)
27 September: Council Budget (PDF)
14 September: Strategy Talk (PDF)
10 July: Education Appointments (PDF)
02 July: Director Appointed (PDF)
19 June: Director of Education Update (PDF)
13 June: Council Administration Update (PDF)
30 May: Business as Usual Update (PDF)
28 May: Changes to Council Administration (PDF)
10 May: Laurence Findlay, Director of EDSC (PDF)
04 May: Acting Director EDSC (PDF)
2017 Briefings
05 December: Council Budget 2018-19 (PDF)
19 June: Employee Survey (PDF)
2 June: Acting Corporate Director (PDF)
31 May: Employee Survey (PDF)
24 May: Critical Threat Level (PDF)
10 May: Councillor Resignation (PDF)
20 April: HQ Fire Alarm Fault (PDF)
27 March: Head of Financial Services (PDF)
27 March: Security (PDF)
14 February: Budget (PDF)
2016 Briefings
11 February: Council Budget 2016-17 (PDF)
13 January: Administration Group Announcement on Council Tax Increase (PDF)