Oct 17 2023 Video Games Expenditure Credit Categories: Technology Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) was announced in the Spring Budget 2023 to replace the existing Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) which has been in place since 2014, as mentioned in our previous article. The new scheme offers a 34% credit on 80% of “qualifying expenditure”. However, it is important to note that this is more
Oct 13 2023 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Legal Benchmarking Report 2023 Categories: Professions Last month, RBS released its latest annual edition of the Legal Report for benchmarking that compared the financial performance of legal firms at the SME level across the UK. For the firms surveyed, there were many encouraging findings, including the reporting of strong financial results despite the challenges in recent years. However, retention of talent more
Oct 9 2023 A warm welcome to our first Chief Operating Officer Categories: EQ NewsPeople We are delighted to announce that Caroline McKenna has joined our firm as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect. Caroline will lead the firm’s strategy for people, culture and operational excellence and will be a positive advocate for our culture and strategic direction with an important focus in the areas of diversity, equality, and more
Sep 27 2023 Greg Stapley achieves Responsible Individual status Categories: EQ NewsPeople We are delighted that Greg Stapley has been appointed as a Responsible Individual (RI) within EQ Audit Services. EQ Audit Services was created to reflect the increased demand for our audit expertise in the last few years. The firm’s attention is focused on using the audit process to deliver significant value to clients and not more
Sep 19 2023 Supporting our charity of the year, Alzheimer Scotland, by walking Jock’s Road Categories: CharitiesPeople As Scotland’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer Scotland is committed to making sure nobody faces dementia alone: from before diagnosis through to end of life with dementia. They rely on the generosity of supporters to provide vital support for people with dementia, their families, and carers across Scotland, and we want to play our part. In an more
Sep 15 2023 How we’ve been supporting our clients, Arbuckle’s Farm and Shop Categories: Food & DrinkLeisure Family businesses comes in all shapes and sizes, and being able to diversify can mean the difference between success and failure, especially for those in the food and drink sector. One of those clients is P A Arbuckle & Sons, who are a family farming business that have been involved in farming for multiple generations. They specialise more
Sep 13 2023 Does your charity need an audit or an examination? Categories: Charities OSCR recently conducted some research that found that a number of charities are failing to ensure that their financial statements are subject to the appropriate external scrutiny and independent review of the financial information. It also identified some confusion around the correct use of terminology. People often talk about needing an audit when they mean more
Aug 30 2023 An incredible summer of Agri shows! Categories: Agriculture The summer agricultural show season this year has been fantastic, and a real celebration of the best of Scottish farming. Come rain or shine, our EQ Agriculture team enjoyed meeting with clients and contacts at agricultural shows across Scotland over the summer. Head of EQ Agriculture, Mark Smeaton, commented, “It seems that each summer the shows get more