Scottish business sentiment remained positive in the fourth quarter of 2021, but the rising cost of energy impacts prospects for 2022 and operates as a drag on the outlook for economic growth, despite the easing of pandemic restrictions, according to the results of the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scott
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Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team is seeing a busy year end for deals which has created confidence that even with the challenges brought about by recent COVID developments, activity levels in the market will sustain as we enter the new year. Deals across the technology, digital innovation, tr
Tim Cooper, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Scotland and a partner at Addleshaw Goddard in Edinburgh, has won the Association’s R3 2021 Excellence Award. Mr Cooper won the award, which was presented in memory of former R3 North West Chair and Council member Matt Dunham,
Scottish businesses are rising to meet the net-zero challenge, with a majority confirming they have committed to or already achieved their carbon neutral aims, as new research shows a second consecutive quarter of growth in all sectors of the economy. The latest Addleshaw Goddard Business Monitor re
Business activity has risen in Scotland as the wider economy continues to reopen, according to Addleshaw Goddard's latest Scottish Business Monitor report. The report, published in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, confirms that business sentim
Legal firm Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised on the initial public offering (IPO) and admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange for innovative global healthcare firm, GENinCode. Specialising in cardiovascular disease risk assessment, GENinCode's products
Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised the majority shareholders of Livingston-based lighting innovators, designLED, on its sale to Faurecia - a global automotive technology company. A specialist in advanced backlighting digital innovation, the acquisition of designLED will
High growth tech business can now access crucial insights supporting their business growth strategy through Aspiring Unicorns, designed, delivered, and launched today by law firm Addleshaw Goddard. Comprising seven critical lessons for high-growth technology firms, the Aspiring Unicorns series will
As restrictions start to ease and the wider economy re-opens across Scotland, a major survey published today by Addleshaw Goddard, highlights that business sentiment has improved since the last quarter of 2020. The latest Addleshaw Goddard Business Monitor report – produced in partnership with
Addleshaw Goddard has promoted legal director Jan Gruter to the role of partner. Me Gruter joined the firm in 2018 as legal director, and has acted on behalf of a range of asset and fund management clients, especially private equity, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. In his role as legal
Insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Scotland is urging directors of COVID-hit businesses to make the most of the time granted by the Government’s extension of temporary insolvency measures to plan for the future. The Government has announced that it will extend a number of temporary
Eleven high-growth UK technology companies have secured a place on the Addleshaw Goddard (AG) Elevate programme, a unique fast-track legal mentoring scheme for early-stage businesses. Designed and delivered by leading lawyers at Addleshaw Goddard, successful candidates will now be assigned to a
Scottish businesses are more optimistic for the future now, compared to the end of 2020, according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor. The monitor, which is produced in partnership with the Fraser of Allander Institute indicates that more firms are optimistic about their
Despite the extension of the Job Retention Scheme, the majority of businesses in Scotland remain apprehensive' about the economic outlook, according to Addleshaw Goddard's Scottish Business Monitor.
The use of technology and the adoption of digital innovation within Scottish businesses has accelerated at an extraordinary level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Addleshaw Goddard in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institut