Oct 26 2022 Net Zero Transition Fund Categories: Food & Drink In the current climate, businesses have been looking at new ways to reduce their carbon emissions but introducing new equipment or processes can be costly. Businesses in the food & drink and tourism sectors especially are still feeling the financial pressures from the past few years. To offer financial support to these sectors, Invest Fife more
Oct 12 2022 Are you prepared for the introduction of the Tipping Bill? Categories: LeisurePayroll The UK Government is bringing in new laws to make the distribution of tips fairer, more transparent, and stop employers from withholding tips from their workers. The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill, known as the ‘Tipping Bill’, will require employers to pass on 100% of tips to workers. Cash tips are already protected by law, and more
Sep 29 2022 How we are supporting our clients, Dalnoid Cottages & Treehouses Categories: Leisure It is important that your accountant is knowledgeable and understands the complexities specific to your industry. Our EQ Leisure specialists have extensive experience of supporting their leisure clients and are proud members of many Scottish leisure governing bodies. Our Partner and Head of EQ Leisure, Scott Greig, often talks at ASSC webinars and after his more
Jul 27 2022 ASSC’s short-term lets survey launched Categories: Leisure In response to the Scottish Government announcing its intent to licence all short-term lets in Scotland from 1 October 2022, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) are asking all short-term let providers to complete a new survey to help the Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development develop a current (mid-2022) baseline analysis of the more
Jul 19 2022 Are you looking for ways to save time in your business? Categories: BookkeepingCloud AccountingFood & Drink We have found that the level of automation available from using accounting software, such as Xero, benefits a business by reducing the time taken to process the books and records. It can also enable you to extract more accurate, up to date information allowing you to make better, more informed decisions. There are other tasks more
Jul 1 2022 2022 Scottish Agritourism Growth Tracker Categories: AgricultureLeisure Scotland’s farms, crofts and estates are being asked to take part in an annual census to help build a better understanding of what support is required to grow the country’s burgeoning agritourism sector. The Scottish Agritourism Growth Tracker, undertaken by VisitScotland in partnership with Scottish Agritourism, looks to establish the size and scale of the more
May 13 2022 The Food Processing, Marketing and Cooperation Grant Scheme Categories: AgricultureFood & Drink The next round of the annual Food Processing, Marketing and Cooperation Grant Scheme (FPMC) is now open for applications. As one of a number of funding schemes which make up the Scottish Rural Development Programme, the FPMC provides £10.2 million of grant funding to businesses (or groups of businesses) within the Scottish food & drink sector more
May 2 2022 FHL earnings for National Insurance and pension purposes Categories: Leisure There has been a lot of media overage surrounding the recent 1.25% increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from 6 April 2022. The increase was applied across both employers and employees NICs and will revert to the previous levels when the new Health and Social Care Levy (HSCL) is introduced from 6 April 2023. How more