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Events | Charities & Third Sector
  • Date: 7 October 2021

Annual Charities Conference 2021

We hosted our online charities conference on 7 October looking at how Scotland's charities can best respond to the changing landscape and how a commercial mind-set and sound governance can support a positive future.

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Insights | Corporate Law

Employee Ownership Trusts – the quietly booming industry

There is one area of the Scottish economy that is quietly booming. Amidst talk of the succession crisis with the ‘silver tsunami’ of business owners who reach retirement age and want to exit their business, an increasing number have found a solution that fits their aspirations perfectly. Many business owners are now considering a sale to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). 

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Events | Corporate Law
  • Date: 5 October 2021

Online CPD – Scottish Referral Network

In our CPD seminar series hosted for solicitors in our Scottish Referral Network we share insight into a different specialist practice area each quarter. At our event on 5 October, our specialists discussed the main issues to be aware of when you're working on complex restructuring and insolvency matters.

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Anderson Strathern promotes 25 staff and recruits 18 more

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Insights | Commercial Property

In the dark over the future of high street restaurants

Food delivery has been reshaping the restaurant industry since the late 2000s. As more people order food online correspondingly there has been a huge increase in delivery apps. Depending on where you are reading this, you might already have had a takeaway delivered from what is known as a dark kitchen, sometimes called a ghost or virtual kitchen.

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Events | Education
  • Date: 28 September 2021

Independent Schools Conference

The first in our bi-annual Independent Schools Conference series took place on 28 September. We focused on the key issues facing Principals, Heads, Bursars, Senior Managers and Governors in the independent schools sector.

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Insights | Rural

Our rural economies are under threat

Country sports tourism in Scotland, including stalking, shooting and fishing, was estimated to be worth over £155 million to the Scottish economy in pre-pandemic data in 2019, supporting thousands of jobs. The economic benefit that this industry provides to rural economies in Scotland cannot be overestimated, especially during the harsh realities of recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Events | Employment
  • Date: 22 September 2021

Club HR: Considerations for a return to the office and hybrid working

Our Club HR webinar on 22 September looked at considerations for a return to the office and hybrid working.

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Events | Charities & Third Sector
  • Date: 30 September 2021

Anderson Strathern and the Federation of Scottish Theatre’s Legal Update

At our legal update with the Federation of Scottish Theatre on 30 September 2021, our legal experts Paul Brown, Douglas McLachlan and Scott Fyfe discussed key immigration, data sharing and contracting need to knows for performing arts organisations and freelance practitioners.

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Anderson Strathern makes two senior hires to its residential team

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Events | Energy
  • Date: 1 September 2021

COP26: current considerations and future impact for your clients

Our special online event on 1 September 2021, looked at COP26, net zero ambitions for the future and low carbon investment opportunities in Scotland.

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