Dec 14 2018 Tartan Tweaks – Scottish Budget 2018 Categories: Taxation Wednesday afternoon saw Scottish Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay, deliver his Scottish Budget address. You’ll recall the UK Chancellor raising the limits for the basic rate band for 2019/20 to £50,000, but the Finance Secretary decided to leave the Scottish basic rate band at £43,430. His justification for this was to raise additional tax revenues though more
Dec 10 2018 Would Cloud Accounting benefit your business? Categories: LeisureMaking Tax Digital From this April, the current government’s intention to bring Making Tax Digital (MTD) for all businesses, including sole traders and landlords, with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) to keep digital records for VAT purposes comes into force. This means that manual record keeping for VAT registered businesses will no longer be acceptable more
Dec 3 2018 Farming Scotland Conference – A changing climate Categories: Agriculture The sixteenth annual Farming Scotland Conference will take place at Carnoustie Hotel, Angus, on Thursday 14 February 2019, with a stellar line up of speakers set to address delegates. A popular speaker returns in Jeremy Moody, Secretary and Advisor of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) and Advisor to the Scottish Agricultural Arbiters & more
Nov 23 2018 Tay Cities Deal – Economic boost for the “Home of EQ”! Categories: EQ News This week saw the historic Tay Cities Deal, the initiative aimed to fund more than 20 major projects across Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross and North East Fife, formally signed at an event in Perth. It commits the UK and Scottish governments to investing a combined £300m in the region over the next 10-15 years, more
Nov 20 2018 A sincere thank you for your continued support! Categories: CharitiesEQ News As the end of our year of fundraising draws near, we reflect back on our continued fundraising efforts for our charity of the year – Maggie’s Centres – and want to take this opportunity to say thank you for the continued support, especially after the success of our recent EQ Charity Ball! We were overwhelmed by more
Nov 20 2018 Games Industry to share in ‘Creative Cluster’ Funding Categories: Technology Dundee will receive a share of an £80 million investment aiming to boost productivity and jobs in the UK’s creative industries. Led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council within UKRI, the £80 million “first-of-its-kind” investment will see nine of the UK’s best performing creative businesses come together with researchers and organisations to explore new more
Nov 20 2018 GP Surgeries – Locums costs placing pressure on tight budgets Categories: Healthcare GP surgeries continually struggle to recruit new partners and salaried GPs as many GPs prefer to opt for locum work instead. One of the main reasons cited for choosing locum work over working full-time for a GP practice, is the greater flexibility in both the scheduling of working hours and the actual number of hours more
Nov 16 2018 Capital Allowances for Structures and Buildings Categories: Property & ConstructionTaxation The Chancellor announced at the 2018 budget that the government will introduce a new Structures and Building Allowance (SBA) for new non-residential structures and buildings. Relief will be provided on eligible construction costs incurred on or after 29 October 2018. The key features of the SBA are – Relief to be given at a flat more