Opinion

Diane Nicol Diane Nicol, head of employment at Pinsent Masons and one of three panel members supporting Matthew Taylor on the Taylor Review, writes about the implications for employers.

Douglas Roberts For small businesses in every sector, employee ownership is highly topical, and a solution worth considering if you’re thinking about the future prosperity of your business, says Douglas Roberts, Corporate and Technology Partner at Scottish law firm Lindsays

Rosalie Chadwick Rosalie Chadwick, partner and head of corporate finance at Pinsent Masons takes the temperature of Scotland’s IPO climate

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Paul Marshall Paul Marshall, who leads the corporate crime and investigations team at Scottish law firm Brodies explores the implications of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 for businesses in tax evasion cases.

Sandy Kennedy Sandy Kennedy, chief executive at Entrepreneurial Scotland looks at the obstacles confronting the nation’s wealth creators.

James Andersen James Andersen, a Property and Construction specialist at Grant Thornton in Scotland, on the need to tackle Scotland’s housing crisis and the role that the Private Rented Sector (PRS) can play in this.

Julie Scott-Gilroy New requirements for commercial actions highlight a change in emphasis for alternative dispute resolution in Scotland, writes Julie Scott-Gilroy.

George Scott With today marking one year until General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, George Scott, Director of KPMG’s Cyber and Privacy practice in Scotland, highlights what business must do to ensure they don’t fall foul of the new legal framework

Sally Nash Sally Nash is a senior associate at Gilson Gray, discusses how the latest record-breaking divorce case in England would be treated north of the border.

David Alexander By David Alexander, managing director at DJ Alexander

James Callender By James Callender account manager at insurer Lockton Companies LLP

Robert C Dewar Leading US Attorney Robert Dewar recently spoke at an event at Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan on ‘Doing Business in the US’. Here, the Scot who completed his law studies at Edinburgh University and is now an Attorney with American law firm, Williams Mullen in Richmond, Vi

Susan McDonald HBJ Gateley’s Susan McDonald on the lessons learned from bond funding as a means to finance social housing associations.

Tom Faichnie Tom Faichnie is managing director of Hall Morrice Corporate Finance and in a career spanning over 20 years has built up a reputation as the ‘go to’ man for private equity houses looking to invest in oilfield services companies in Aberdeen. He’ll be at OTC in Houston, and he explai