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The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on tax covenants and warranties at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 27th April 2023. At this event, Christine Yuill and Nicola Williams of Burness Paull wil

A Rolls-Royce Wraith worth £350,000, which was stolen from the Glasgow home of 'pizza king' Domenico Crolla, has been recovered by police after being abandoned in a private parking space in Edinburgh.

R&D tax credit specialist ZLX Business Solutions has opened a new office in Aberdeen to tap into growth opportunities in the Granite City. The company is now seeking to hire three new staff at its new location, which it considers a “key strategic area” with a focus on rising dem

UK oil and gas companies are expected to be offered windfall tax relief by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as part of efforts to boost investment and improve energy security.

Crown Estate Scotland has secured £262 million in applicant fees from the first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms.

Lyon & Turnbull, the Edinburgh-based auction house, reported a profit of £2.43 million for the year ended 31 July 2022, up from £1.73m the previous year, as turnover surged 22.8% to more than £8m. Managing director Gavin Strang attributed the growth to the company's expansion,

Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its ESG expertise in Scotland with a key appointment. Chartered surveyor Laura Jones has joined the firm as a senior sustainability consultant and will be based in the Edinburgh office where a new ESG Consultancy team has been created. She has relocated from

Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business Edison Group has acquired Crown Architectural Systems. Crown Architectural Systems is a north-east of England-based company which operates from a 6500 sq. ft facility in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, and e

Foras has selected a 14-person cohort of Scottish entrepreneurs for next month’s programme of activities in New York, including visits to global accelerator Techstars and CRM specialist Zendesk. Leah Hutcheon of Appointedd, Rowan Armstrong of Bioliberty, Ishani Malhotra of Carcinotech, Kate Ca

Frasers Group, owned by billionaire Mike Ashley, has acquired Dundee's Overgate Shopping Centre in a deal estimated to be worth £30 million.

A Scotland-only business rates surcharge is set to cost firms a cumulative £180 million over the next three years, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has warned.

A trademark dispute between Jack Daniel's and a dog toy branded "Bad Spaniels" has gone to the Supreme Court of the United States. The whiskey distillery claims that its brand is being harmed by the plastic chew toy, which is shaped like one of its distinctive whiskey bottles.

The new Finance Bill published yesterday introduces three new taxes, taking the total number of taxes introduced this century to 24. Apart from two one-off levies, and the Health and Social Care Levy (which was repealed before it came into effect, and is not included in the total above), none of the

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has warned companies claiming R&D tax relief, and their advisers, that they will soon need to provide extra information in order to make a claim. In the latest Finance Bill, the government confirmed it is bringing forward a requirement to provide add

More than half of consumers surveyed for PwC Research’s latest Cost of Living Tracker have said they don’t have confidence that the policies announced in last week’s Budget will have a positive impact on their personal financial situation.