Insights
Our experts provide their insights on the latest industry developments and share tips on accountancy and business matters.
Andrew McMillan
Tax Senior Manager
22 September 2020
From Russian politics to R&D tax: Andrew McMillan’s career journeyWith September comes a new intake of university students, and with that, comes Freshers’ Week! We caught up with our Senior Tax Manager Andrew McMillan to chat about his own uni days and his career path since then.
Kirsty Irvine
Business Development Senior Manager
21 September 2020
Live pitching & tips for successWith the Scottish EDGE 16 Grand Final taking place next week, now is a prime time to make sure your pitches are detailed, concise and winning. I’ve compiled my top five tips to help you perfect your pitch.
Adam Hardie
Business Development Partner and Head of Food & Drink
17 September 2020
Innovation and diversification key to retaining new customers in the food and drink sectorWhile the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved devastating for many sectors, small, local food and drink suppliers have been on the right side of an unprecedented change in consumer behaviour. Adam Hardie, Head of Food & Drink, explains further.
Jonathan Young
Financial Planning Support
15 September 2020
Pensions are cool – no, honestly!The general public at large, seemingly, has no interest in chatting about pensions. Not us though! Our team of financial planners are always happy to chat pensions and to celebrate Pension Awareness Day 2020, Jonathan Young explains why pensions are cool – honestly.
Andrew Holloway
Director, Entrepreneurial Taxes
13 September 2020
Changes to ‘undertaking in difficulty’ definition proving a funding hurdle for some businessesSome grant and funding providers have made changes to their ability to support a company considered to be an ‘undertaking in difficulty’. If your company made its first commercial sale more than seven years ago, it is vital that you are aware of the implications of these changes.
The Government announced a range of funding measures to help businesses during the pandemic but only businesses that were deemed not to be an ‘undertaking in difficulty’, could apply. In this blog, I’ve set out our understanding of the situation to date, the difficulty some companies are facing and our potential solutions.
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