Aug 17 2020 Supporting our charity of the year, SAMH, with our EQ Virtual Office Walk Categories: CharitiesEQ NewsPeople With many of us feeling worried or stressed about how coronavirus has affected our lives, as well as our loved ones, it’s never been more important to look after your mental health and wellbeing. SAMH relies on the generosity of supporters to continuing operating over 60 of their services in communities across Scotland and we want more
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
Aug 10 2020 What you need to know about the Job Retention Bonus Categories: COVID-19EQ Accounting Announced by the Chancellor in the summer statement, the Job Retention Bonus aims to reward employers who successfully bring back furloughed employees and keep them in meaningful employment after the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ends on 31 October 2020. Employers will be able to claim a one-off payment of £1,000 for every eligible furloughed 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
Jul 31 2020 Cash is King – steps to take to preserve your cashflow Categories: Corporate FinanceCOVID-19 As we come out of lockdown, businesses may need more working capital available to get back up and running. Coupled with holiday periods for loan and rental payments coming to an end, the pressure on cashflow will be huge. Businesses need to take control to preserve their cash and should consider the following: Debtor Control 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