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Edinburgh Tops UK FDI Rankings Outside London and South East for Best Cities To Invest In

Edinburgh has emerged as the leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of London and the South East, according to the latest Investment Attractiveness Index. Produced by WJM alongside Irwin Mitchell, the Investment Attractiveness Index has been compiled by a team of exper Read more

Employment Briefing - December 2014. The Christmas Party Issue

Our final Employment Briefing of 2014 takes a light-hearted human resources and employment overview of that perennial source of amusement – the staff Christmas party. Under the humour though, is some very good advice. The 10 Rules of Christmas 1. Employees sometimes do stupid stuff. At Chri Read more

Employment Briefing - May 2015

Welcome to May’s Employment Briefing. When major chain stores are financially challenged or go into administration, store closures inevitably follow. In this edition of Employment Briefing we look at a European Court of Justice ruling on the administration of Woolworths and the subsequen Read more

Crofting

We work with crofters and crofting communities to help them manage their land issues. Crofting purchases and sales, de-crofting and inheritance of crofts, form the specialist part of our work along with everyday land management issues such as access rights, grazing rights and leases. Crofting and r Read more

More devolution for Scotland?

The Smith Commission today delivered its proposals for new powers to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The headline proposals include:- The Scottish Parliament will have complete power to set income tax rates and bands and will control the first 10% of revenue raised from VAT. There Read more

Conflict Resolution Resources

Our aim is to give you the information you need to resolve a dispute. Here you’ll find a range of resources covering the whole spread of our Conflict Resolution services. Please follow the links below to subscribe for more information: Employment Briefing – a free monthly updat Read more

Corporate & Business Tax

We work closely with our Corporate team, negotiating the tax aspects of corporate and commercial contracts, drafting and negotiating tax warranties and tax indemnities. We advise on how best to structure transactions to minimise tax costs. We also advise clients on tax efficient business stru Read more

Debt Recovery Costs

It needn’t cost the earth to recover your money. At WJM, we are committed to transparency in our Debt Recovery fees. We operate on a fixed-fee basis, meaning that you will know in advance how much it will cost to recover the debt. Our fixed-fees are as follows: For debts up to £5,000 Read more

Commercial Property Development

We are often called upon to help our clients from the very outset of a building's life. We draw on the expertise of our Planning and Construction teams to advise our developer clients on how to build a project out to completion.  This can include advice on contracts with the builders, and disp Read more

Life Focus - February 2014

A new year can bring new concerns. This edition of Life Focus guides you through some issues that might be playing on your mind. We also take this opportunity to introduce three new members of our Private Client team to you. As always, we hope you enjoy it and find it useful. We look forward to your Read more