Wylie & Bisset

With a recent survey by the Scottish Hospitality Group finding that more than two thirds of operators in Glasgow have seen footfall drop, and some 63% blaming the introduction of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and poor public transport, Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, is urging b

With HMRC forecasting that 283,400 estates will face inheritance tax (IHT) by 2028, Wylie & Bisset has urged clients to seek an early assessment of their IHT exposure and plan ahead. This forecast comes in the wake of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's decision to maintain the IHT threshold at £325,

Shehzad Ashaq has questioned the logic of changes to R&D tax credits that favour large companies over SMEs. From 1 April 2023, SMEs have seen R&D tax credits relief on qualifying costs reduce from an enhancement of 130% to 86% and, for loss-making companies, repayable credit reduce from 14.5

Wylie & Bisset has unveiled an array of promotions across various sectors of its organisation including audit, business advisory services, insolvency, payroll, and tax departments.  Sandy Hogg and Rory McCall have received promotions to associate director within the external audit team, ack

Scottish firms, once profitable but financially strained during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now feeling the pinch of a cost-of-living crisis, leading to record levels of insolvency activity, according to Wylie & Bisset, an accountancy and business advisory firm. R3, the insolvency and restructuri

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has announced a trio of promotions that sees tax director Shehzad Ashaq promoted to associate partner together with the promotions of Matthew McDermott to senior manager and Laura Caulfield to manager within the burgeoning Business Advisory Serv

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has called for Scottish employers to consider adopting creative employment packages to attract and retain the best candidates in response to a widening gap in personal taxation levels between Scotland and the rest of the UK. Scots earning more t

Opulus has broadened its reach by acquiring George + Co, a firm of Chartered Tax Advisers and Accountants located in Edinburgh's West End. The acquisition is part of Opulus's strategic plan to extend its geographic footprint throughout Scotland, and it marks the company's entry into the east of Scot

Wylie & Bisset has promoted Claire Dalrymple to partner of corporate services. Her latest promotion follows last year’s promotion from director of corporate services to associate partner, prior to which Ms Dalrymple’s was promoted from senior audit manager to director of corporate se

Fresh from winning its first contract to deliver internal audit services to a housing association in England, Wylie & Bisset has landed a second contract. The Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm recently won a contract with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing.

Opulus Financial (Opulus) has partnered with Wylie & Bisset, to expand its offering throughout Scotland. SME Capital, the institution founded to provide bespoke funding for established SMEs, has provided a £10 million growth capital facility to support further expansion plans of the enlarg

Wylie & Bisset has won its first contract to deliver internal audit services to a housing association in England. Already a provider of internal audit services for housing in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the contract win makes Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the UK’s first tenant and emplo

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has urged business owners to avoid making a kneejerk reaction to warnings of a difficult economic outlook for Scotland for much of this year.

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has backed calls from the Scottish hospitality sector for business rate support. The firm agrees with UKHospitality (UKH) Scotland that a lack of business rates support for Scottish hospitality is unfairly hindering the sector in comparison to E

Accounting and business advice firm Wylie & Bisset has advised Livingston-based laboratory equipment and support specialists C&M Scientific on its sale to Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), a supplier of equipment, chemicals and consumables for laboratory use in the UK. C&M Scientific