EU plans to reduce e-waste by standardising smartphone and tablet chargers
There has been pressure for some time to try and standardise many types of common electronic devices like phone chargers. Last week,…
Corporate & Commercial
Selling your Dental Practice in Uncertain Times
As most of you will know, the market for dental practices in Scotland has been strong for many years. There have been periods in the last…
Surgery Premises – Getting all your bricks in a row
When we act for a seller or a buyer of a practice, in most cases the focus is primarily on the goodwill of the practice. There is a side…
Retirement and Dental Bodies Corporate
We have looked in previous articles at the issues which practices need to consider when they operate as a limited company, known in the…
Are Virtual Operating Models Here to Stay?
Like many other people, I’m just coming to the end of a full year working exclusively, or at least mainly, from home. One of the most…
Corporate Webinar | The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
In the last days of the Brexit transition period, the UK and EU finally agreed a trade deal – the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The…
What a year! Please don’t let the Grinch steal Christmas Gifts too!
What a year! All of us have been living under unprecedented restrictions on our lives this year, missing loved ones and all the usual…
Corporate Webinar | Insolvency, Commercial Contracts and Supply Chain
Today’s business leaders are faced with overwhelming and competing challenges as we continue to navigate the impacts of the Coronavirus…
New Law can Force Suppliers to Continue Supplying Insolvent Companies.
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 26th June 2020 and amongst other changes, it now prevents suppliers…
University Spin-outs play role in Scotland's economic growth
In late 2019, Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow, published a report on industry engagement and the…
Exit Day: What Happens Next for Data Protection?
Whether you sit in the pro-Brexit camp or in the Remain camp, Exit Day is here. We must now all accept that the UK will leave the EU at…
Mothercare; More misery for the UK High Street
Following on from my recent article on the collapse of Watt Brothers and Bonmarche, it is a great shame to now have to report on the…
Alexa – can I stay in Gourock
Amazon faces eviction from its Gourock “fulfilment centre” after having ignored a notice to quit from its landlord, M7 Real Estate…
Thomas Cook – A Very Bumpy Landing
What Has Gone Wrong?
On the surface, it is not hard to see what may have gone wrong over the past 8 years since the last restructuring of…
Brexit and Business Continuity: is there such a thing?
When it comes to Brexit, no one seems to know what tomorrow will bring - particularly in the event of no deal scenario. With Boris…
The Growing Business of Franchising
Franchising is a common way of scaling a business quickly. The world’s largest franchises are household names: McDonald’s, Subway,…
The Scottish Government's GP Sustainability Fund.
In November 2017 the Scottish Government announced that it would create the GP Sustainability Fund. Decisions for the first round of…
Is tourism really everyone’s business?
Tourism is a key contributor to Scotland’s economy and if statistics are to be believed, we now have more tourists visiting our Country…
What does the Non Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill mean for you?
The Scottish Government is planning to introduce the Non Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish parliament in the coming weeks, and…
The Age of the Digital Revolution
In reading last week that Netflix had added another 9 million subscribers to its service in the last quarter I paused to reflect; not so…
Phrases used in contract negotiations and what they mean.
Following my blog last week - What to look out for in contract negotiations, I have some further reflections on points that are often…