Insight

Alistair Wood, an associate at Pinsent Masons discusses Scotland's corporate self-reporting regime. With our separate legal systems, the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) regime does not operate in Scotland, and as a result civil recovery remains the only option short of prosecution for Scottish

An­drew Walker, partner and head of corporate growth at Morton Fraser, discusses the role employee businesses could have in boosting the wider UK economy. The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government included a goal to reach 500 employee-owned businesses (EOBs) by 2030. We currently

Michael Reid, managing partner at Meston Reid & Co, passes on advice on what to look for when things are not going well in business. Whilst it is easy to say that the lack of cash to finance ongoing trading is the main reason given for many business failures, a number of operational aspects begi

Brian McMurray, head of technology and a business advisory group partner at AAB, discusses the growing investment opportunities available to technolgy firms. The technology deals market has remained active throughout the pandemic, making the most of business that could be done virtually – but

With the bidding process closing today, Sheelagh Cooley, real estate partner in the Edinburgh office of law firm Shoosmiths, considers the benefits and potential challenges ahead for the operators of Scotland’s Green Freeports. It has been well publicised that the Scottish Government is curren

David Hamilton and Stacy Keen, financial crime specialists at Pinsent Masons, write about the changes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently introduced to tackle breaches of sanctions and how businesses may be affected. The risk to businesses of sanctions enforcement has become more acut

Colin Millar, corporate partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), highlights some of the potential pitfalls and shortcomings of crowdfunding that can often be overlooked. Rock band Marillion, fronted by Dalkeith’s own Derek Dick aka Fish, is often somewhat unexpectedly c

Michael Reid writes about the financial and legal considerations of bankruptcy in regards to losing one's house. He outlines different possible scenarios and factors to keep in mind. Other than writing about the current Russian incursion into Ukraine, current media attention tends to be focused upon

Martin Ewan discusses the oil price boom and the potential consequences for the north east of Scotland.

Stuart Clark, managing director at Russell & Russell Business Advisers, offers advice to employers who want to offer staff a helping hand with ever-increasing living costs. These are hard times all round. Particularly for the generations who have never experienced the inflationary chaos late las

Paul Reeves, managing director at restructuring advisory Kroll, discusses the intricacies of pre-pack administrations. Ever since the administration process became the key business rescue process over two decades ago, the pre-pack administration has suffered a tarnished reputation. Legislation has i

Tom Stocker, partner and sanctions expert at Pinsent Masons, discusses the implications for businesses that comply with sanctions on Russian trade. Despite successive rounds of UK, EU and US sanctions ratcheting up the pressure on Putin’s government and a further round of sanctions being immin

Betsy Williamson, founder of Core-Asset Consulting, shares her views on the recent Queen's Speech - in which the long-promised Employment Bill was absent. The recent Queen’s Speech, historic in its own right with the absence of Her Majesty at the State Opening of Parliament for the first time

Kevin Hollister, founder of Glasgow-based pensions calculator Guiide, discusses how to close the ever expanding pensions advice gap. There is so much talk about the advice gap around pensions but to date, there has been little action to bridge it. What can actually be done to help close the gap?

Angus Wood, partner at BTO, discusses the details surrounding the assignation of claims in an insolvency case. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Lock v Stanley has provided some comfort to Insolvency Practitioners and litigation funders in relation to potential challenges to assignations of cla