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Scott MacArthur

Corporate Finance Executive

05 May 2022

My JC Path as a Corporate Finance Executive

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2021, Scott MacArthur joined Johnston Carmichael’s Corporate Finance team, based in our Edinburgh office. Here, Scott shares what stood out for him about Johnston Carmichael, his experiences of starting a new job during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his goals for the future.

Scott McFarlane

Employer Services Senior Manager

05 May 2022

The National Minimum Wage problem for Food and Drink employers

With an ever increasing squeeze on profit margins, these are difficult times for the Food & Drink industry. In this piece from our Director & Head of Employer Services, Brian Rudkin, we discuss how one of the main contributory factors to this sharp increase in staff costs is the impact of the inflation-busting uplift to the National Minimum Wage rates.

Jenn Stewart

Business Advisory Partner, Head of Rural and Dundee Office Head

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28 April 2022

How to build a resilient rural business

At this challenging time for rural businesses, it’s more important than ever to find time to stop, take a step back and look at your business properly. This is where an operational review comes in; an in-depth look at your business to give you a larger perspective and to help highlight any potential opportunities and risks that you could face going forward.

Jenn Stewart

Business Advisory Partner, Head of Rural and Dundee Office Head

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26 April 2022

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New grants available to help rural businesses reduce ammonia emissions

The Scottish Government has introduced a new scheme called the Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS), intended to help rural businesses fund new equipment to reduce ammonia emissions and mitigate the impact of the storage and spreading of livestock slurry and digestate on water quality.

20 April 2022

Continuing HMRC delays cause difficulties with land and property transactions

High levels of transaction activity have resulted in greater demand for advice regarding the sale and acquisition of land and property. The VAT implications of transferring land and property assets, particularly around the option to tax, can be challenging and are crucial to consider at an early stage to prevent VAT becoming an obstacle to the completion of deals.

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