Nov 12 2021 Should I incorporate my furnished holiday let business? Categories: Corporate FinanceLeisure Furnished holiday lets (FHLs) can provide a valuable source of income and can help diversify existing business activities. With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a substantial increase in “staycations”, FHL and short term let businesses should revaluate their business structure to ensure they are positioned as efficiently as possible to capitalise on the growing market. FHLs more
Aug 6 2021 The benefits of reconstructing your business Categories: Corporate Finance The COVID pandemic has not only had a massive impact on the way businesses have traded, but on how they are structured. Our EQ Corporate Finance team have been working closely with clients to make sure they aren’t facing any unnecessary tax liabilities as a result. Over the last 18 months, we have been involved more
May 4 2021 How we’ve been supporting our clients, M-Line International Coaches Ltd Categories: Corporate FinanceCOVID-19Leisure Last year, despite the ongoing turmoil, we recruited a variety of new clients across Scotland as many businesses felt they weren’t getting the right level of support elsewhere. One of those clients was M-Line International Coaches Ltd, a family business with over 30 years of experience in coach holidays. Like all businesses involved with travel, more
Dec 2 2020 Corporate Finance activity in holiday park sector Categories: Corporate FinanceLeisure At EQ, we act as specialist holiday park advisers to the sector and are members of the British Homes and Holiday Park Association (BH&HPA). Despite the ongoing pandemic, we’ve seen a variety of activity within the sector over the last 6 months, particularly in relation to financing development or acquisitions. We’ve summarised the main themes more
Nov 24 2020 Supporting our clients, Peacehill Farming Limited Categories: AgricultureCorporate Finance Peacehill Farming Limited is a large and diverse family run company based in Wormit, Fife. The Forster family have farmed at Peacehill since 1926, now in the 4th generation, the business is run by Ross Forster in conjunction with his wife Emma and parents, Peter and Mary. We have acted for the family for over 20 more
Sep 23 2020 Regional Selective Assistance Funding Categories: Corporate Finance At this time of cashflow uncertainty, it’s worth looking at potential sources of finance both old and new. Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) has been available for a number of years, but it’s worth familiarising ourselves with it again. RSA funding is a discretionary grant aimed at helping projects that will create or protect jobs in more
Aug 5 2020 Bigger and Better Categories: Corporate FinanceCOVID-19 If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we should accept that change is the only constant in business life. Many businesses will be battered and bruised as they limp out of their economic slumbers but the question for all will be “what next?”. After discussions with many of our entrepreneurial clients, more
Aug 3 2020 Financing for the future Categories: Corporate FinanceCOVID-19 The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) were introduced by the Government to support businesses through the COVID-19 crisis. The low rates of borrowing on the schemes and ease of access to the funding has resulted in large numbers of businesses accessing the money for a variety of reasons. more
