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10 April 2024
Why don’t people discuss their financial plans with those it involves?Historically, conversations with parents around their Will, money and future plans were either quickly brushed aside or simply didn’t happen, often due to a generational mindset where the social culture was to not talk about money with your family. Here, Steven High, Financial Planner in our Wealth team, explains further.
Laura Ritchie
Tax Senior Manager
13 March 2024
Return deadline approaching for Annual Tax on Enveloped DwellingsRelevant entities that hold residential properties valued in excess of £500,000 at 1 April 2022, will need to take action. 2024/25 ATED returns are due to be submitted to HMRC by 30 April 2024.
11 March 2024
Community engagement is key to the success of onshore wind developments“That will be 10% off the value of my house” was the response from a resident when asked about plans for a new wind farm. Over a decade later, the resident boasts of views to Arran from one window and Whitelee Wind Farm from the other and how the £800K per year community benefit fund is transforming Galston, Newmilns, and Darvel, creating jobs for his family and others.
08 March 2024
Spotlight on Carol Harvey, Netball ScotlandWe sat down with Carol Harvey, Director of Development at Netball Scotland, to find out more about her involvement with the sport, the impact that playing netball can have on women and girls, and the partnership between Johnston Carmichael and Netball Scotland.
Simon Cavell & Ilke Barutcu-Cesaret
01 March 2024
Every cloud has a silver lining: How technology is revolutionising e-commerce paymentsIt’s now 30 years since a team of cyberspace entrepreneurs sold a CD by Sting in August 1994 – the first ever online purchase! The launch of Amazon as a book retailer (1995), Alibaba as an online marketplace (1999) and Google’s pay-per-click advertising capability (2000) would quickly follow.
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