May 12 2021 Supporting our clients, Growers Garden Categories: Food & DrinkLeisure Throughout the pandemic, we have worked hard to support our clients, offering our help and advice at every opportunity to ensure they can weather the storm and come back stronger. One such client is an innovative food manufacturing company that emerged out of East of Scotland Growers, a farmers’ cooperative whose desire was to reduce more
May 5 2021 Farmers should enjoy their favoured tax status, while it lasts Categories: AgricultureTaxation Many commentators were anticipating major changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) and/or Capital Gains Tax (CGT) in the March budget to raise additional tax revenue to cover the cost of the COVID pandemic. Surprisingly, as it turned out, there were no changes to these taxes apart from the fact that the IHT nil rate band (the 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
Apr 28 2021 Double award success for our clients, Derrybeg B&B Categories: Leisure With lockdown restrictions throughout the pandemic having effectively closed the doors of many leisure businesses for the past year, there have been those who have used this time to invest in their business and remain connected to their customers throughout. One such business, that we are pleased to call our client, is Derrybeg B&B, an more
Apr 27 2021 Have your say in the Kreston Charities Group survey! Categories: Charities To help us understand the impact that the pandemic has had on your financial position and ability to deliver your planned objectives in the short-term, we are conducting a short survey. In order to get a more informed picture, our EQ Charities team are running the survey as part of Kreston UK, a network of more
Apr 27 2021 The leisure sector has re-opened – but with strict rules in place Categories: Leisure We have all seen the headlines – “New wave of freedom” and “Staycation stampede” – but there are some less obvious rules which makes this loosening of restrictions not quite the ‘freedom’ some expect. Pubs, cafes, and restaurants were able to re-open from Monday 26 April, however there are strict rules that need to be more
Apr 26 2021 Supporting our charity of the year, SAMH, with the Virtual Kiltwalk Categories: CharitiesEQ NewsPeople SAMH rely on the generosity of supporters to help people with mental illness work towards recovery and a changed life, and we wholeheartedly want to play our part in supporting them. This weekend, more than 11,000 participants took part in Scotland’s Virtual Kiltwalk to help raise funds for their chosen charity, including our very own EQ more
Apr 21 2021 Super-deduction to encourage investment in the construction sector Categories: Property & Construction The 2021 Budget was more positive than most people expected with the Chancellor deciding that now is not the time to start collecting extra taxes to repay the massive amount of borrowing this past year. Instead, it focused on helping businesses emerge out of the current uncertainties surrounding COVID and Brexit, looking at ways to more