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When the pandemic put the kibosh on international travel, Scottish tourism got a welcome boost.
People who would normally have jetted off to Greece or Spain found themselves exploring the stunning wildernesses of the Highlands and Islands, or the rugged coastlines of the Borders, often for the first time.
Learn moreOpening their gates to the public for fruit picking or, more commonly at this time of year, pumpkin picking has become a popular choice of diversification activity for many farmers.
Diversification is the use of land and fixed equipment from an agricultural holding for non-agricultural purposes.
Learn moreMaking a Will is crucial to ensure your assets are passed on exactly how you wish when you are no longer around. Crofters aren’t exempt from this. In fact, there are multiple factors which mean that it could be argued that a well thought through Will is even more essential for crofters to put in place.
Learn moreOne year on from our original review of the Captain Tom Foundation, stories about the charity continue to emerge, making headline news. The Charity Commission inquiry has escalated its initial compliance checks into a full statutory investigation and it has recently been reported that the charity is likely to wind up. There are some valuable lessons for charity trustees...
Learn moreOur private client law experts, Robert Cole and Carole Tomlinson, explored the key differences between Scots and Anglo-Welsh law.
Learn moreThe Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 (the “2023 Act”) was passed by Parliament on 28 June 2023 and received Royal Assent on 9 August 2023. The 2023 Act makes important changes to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the “2005 Act”), the legislation under which the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) was established.
Learn moreThe Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has around 24,000 charities on its books and has undertaken a recent project to review the Scottish charity register to ensure those registered continue to meet the necessary requirements to maintain Scottish charitable status.
Learn moreWe are currently dealing with a number of Farming Partnership disputes and some of our colleagues are similarly engaged. Many of the matters that are arising could have been avoided or more easily resolved if there had been a written partnership agreement in place. Other issues could have been resolved if that agreement had been updated as partners retired or passed away.
Learn moreIn an effort to bolster our transatlantic relationship post-Brexit, the UK has now become party to a new EU-US data bridge.
What does this mean for UK organisations?
As pandemic-era support recedes, charities are once again faced with a familiar challenge: balancing rising costs against unpredictable sources of income. This picture has been further complicated by soaring inflation driving up wages and energy costs in particular for our operational charities.
Learn moreIn recent years recruiting key staff has become an existential challenge for many businesses in the hospitality sector.
Learn moreOfficial statistics released by the Insolvency Service demonstrate that the retail sector continues to follow this upward insolvency trajectory - evidence that baking banana bread and family zoom quizzes aren’t the only trends to have fallen out of fashion post-covid.
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