Nov 6 2020 Government support key for continued games sector jobs boost in Scotland Categories: Technology A recent report from TIGA, the trade association for the games sector in the UK, showed that jobs in the Scottish video games development industry increased by over 16% in the 18 month period to April 2020 – making Scotland the fourth largest games cluster in the UK. Dr Richard Wilson, the chief executive of TIGA, more
Oct 29 2020 Nightclubs and Soft Play Areas to benefit from the COVID-19 Contingency Fund Categories: COVID-19HealthcareLeisure As part of the Scottish Government’s £40m Coronavirus Restriction Fund to support businesses affected by the latest COVID-19 restrictions, there will be a one-off grant offered to nightclubs and soft play centres. The £11m COVID-19 Contingency Fund is the first phase of business grants, offering one-off grants of up to £50,000 for businesses in both sectors who more
Oct 26 2020 Domestic Reverse Charge VAT for construction services comes into force…. maybe Categories: Property & Construction HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have issued updated technical guidance for the introduction of the Domestic Reverse Charge VAT (DRC) which will affect most businesses operating in the construction sector who buy or sell building and construction services from 1 March 2021. Introduced by HMRC to remove the scope for fraudsters who don’t pay the more
Oct 19 2020 The latest CDO letter brings good news to the Dental sector Categories: COVID-19Healthcare Chief Dental Officer, Tom Ferris, has written an open letter to the Dental sector confirming that as of Sunday 1 November, dental contractors (dentists and corporate dental bodies) will be able to provide a full range of dental treatments to NHS patients. This follows on from the recent publication of the Scottish Dental Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) ‘Review of more
Sep 30 2020 Further support for self-employed dental practitioners Categories: COVID-19Healthcare The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has unveiled the Winter Economy Plan, which outlined the additional government support to self-employed dental practitioners. Part of this plan is to extend the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) which will provide critical support to the self-employed dental sector. The grant will be limited to self-employed individuals who are currently more
Sep 23 2020 A golden era for farm borrowing? Categories: Agriculture Farming is a capital intensive industry with money required to fund land, buildings, machinery and stock. More recently, many businesses will have also borrowed to invest in on farm renewables. The latest statistics available from 2018 show that bank advances to Scottish agriculture totalled £2.34bn. To put this in context, the area of crops and more
Sep 17 2020 How we’ve been supporting our clients, Kerr’s Dairy Categories: Food & DrinkLeisure Despite the challenges faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have continued with their plans for growth. That was the case for one of our clients, Kerr’s Dairy, a family run Dundee-headquartered business that supplies the finest quality dairy products direct to your door. Founded by Sandy Kerr in 1900, the business has spanned five generations more
Sep 7 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme Categories: Agriculture Many of our agricultural clients often ask about grant opportunities. These are not as frequent or as generous as they once were, however the Scottish Government have just launched their Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS). This pilot grant scheme opens for application today (7th September) and will be close at midnight on 11 October more