Aug 13 2020 How we’ve been supporting our clients, Happy Days Nursery Categories: COVID-19Healthcare At EQ, our clients are our priority and we remain in constant contact, offering relevant advice and support every step of the way. One of those clients is Happy Days Nursery, a family run children’s nursery in Dundee owned by sisters, Debbie Clark and Paula Williamson, that allows children to explore, discover and ‘think big’, without more
Aug 12 2020 Land Remediation Relief can help ‘clean up’ your land for productive use Categories: Property & Construction For those in the construction sector, the COVID pandemic has quickly become the number one issue in the world, meaning the environmental crisis has slid down the agenda – but can part of the solution to one crisis help the other? With the environment and cash flow in mind, the development of industrial land, known more
Jul 30 2020 £14m Hotel Recovery Programme offers support for larger hotel businesses Categories: COVID-19Leisure The tourism sector continues to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with hotel occupancy levels of many businesses across the country below the daily overheads of sustaining a business. To support some of Scotland’s larger hotels, the Scottish Government yesterday (Wednesday 29 July) announced a new £14m Hotel Recovery Programme which will allow eligible businesses to more
Jul 29 2020 New £1m grant scheme announced for self-catering businesses Categories: COVID-19Leisure Throughout lockdown, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has been engaged in various discussions with the Scottish Government to provide ongoing financial support for self-catering businesses in Scotland. ASSC, in partnership with VisitScotland, has today announced a new £1 million grant for self-catering businesses who have not received any other Scottish Government COVID-19 support. Businesses more
Jul 28 2020 Why keeping in contact and technology are vital in current times Categories: AgricultureCOVID-19 Recent times have shown how important it is to keep in contact with your key advisors. Although our EQ Agriculture team were disappointed not being able to meet our clients at the summer show circuit, we have still maintained regular contact whether it be in relation to COVID-19 support measures, or other business issues as more
Jul 27 2020 Improve your dental practices’ cashflow Categories: COVID-19Healthcare In March, dental practices had to immediately stop seeing patients, except for emergency treatment, which led to unprecedented revenue loss across the sector. We discuss some of the options available that can improve your dental practices’ cashflow. Government support The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) presented potential issues for dentists who applied for the grant on more
Jul 24 2020 Helping the Engineering and Manufacturing sector recover Categories: COVID-19Engineering & Manufacturing The implications of COVID-19 has created many challenges for those in the engineering and manufacturing sector, creating diminished cash flow issues, staff shortages and forcing many businesses to change they way they work in order to comply with safe working environments. In order for companies to remain viable they will need to adapt to these more
Jul 20 2020 National Basic Payment Support Scheme 2020 Categories: AgricultureCOVID-19 To support farmers and crofters affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced that a National Basic Payment Support Scheme 2020 (NBPSS20) will deliver the equivalent of 95% of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening monies to farmers as early as September this year. The scheme will give farmers access to vital financial more