Edinburgh arts tech firm seals deal with global events marketing business
Edinburgh-based tech firm crowdEngage has been acquired by global live entertainment marketing platform Activity Stream for an undisclosed…
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Employee Ownership – an alternative exit strategy?
Employee Ownership has the Scottish Government’s attention, accounts for just under 140 businesses in Scotland and is said to positively…
Court of Appeal provides clarification on the interpretation of exclusion of liability clauses
A recent decision of the Court of Appeal has provided clarification on the interpretation of exclusion clauses in commercial contracts.…
Choosing the right business structure for your new business.
The start-up ecosystem in Scotland has grown exponentially in recent years. The Businesses in Scotland 2019 report shows that, as of March…
Calorie Counting: Coming to a Restaurant Near You
The Scottish Government’s consultation on proposals to force restaurants and other hospitality businesses to publish information about the…
Dental Practice - To Lease or Not To Lease
Dental surgeries come in all shapes and sizes, from street level premises and practices on the upper floors of a tenement, to stand alone,…
Dental Practices Key Practice Documentation
We act for all sort of practices, from sole practitioners to large practices which operate as partnerships or limited companies. All of…
Selling to Corporates – a Ready Made Market?
Selling a dental practice is the culmination, in most cases, of a life’s work. A retiring dentist is likely to have built the practice up…
Business, Trade and Vaccination Status.
While many manufacturing businesses have been able to operate effectively during the pandemic (albeit in many cases navigating supply chain…
Thorntons Solicitors Oversees £42 Million Fundraising Deal for Scottish Agritech Business IGS
The Scottish agritech business, Intelligent Growth Solutions Limited (IGS), announced the conclusion of its most recent funding round on…
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, the…
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…
Dental Partnerships and Shareholder Agreements
When a practice is first set up, seldom is a great deal of thought given to the long term future of the practice. More often than not,…
Dental Practices – Getting onto the Practice Ladder
Many dentists aspire to own their own practice. It isn’t of course for everyone, there are risks in being a practice owner, but if run…
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…
Dental Practice Structure – To Be a Company (or not to be)?
This is a subject which we come back to fairly regularly as dental lawyers. Practices decide that they wish to incorporate, in other words…
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…
Business Interruption Insurance: Good News for Small Businesses
Many small businesses were forced to close as a result of the restrictions imposed on travel and trade in response to the COVID-19 outbreak…
COVID19 Support for Businesses: Update Following National Lockdown
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a new grant package of £4.6 billion to support the hardest hit businesses through the new…
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…