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Welcome to September 2015's Employment Briefing.
As always, we're delighted to hear from you on the articles in our Employment Briefing, or if you have any questions for the team. Please contact Martin Stephen directly, or give us a call on 0141 248 3434.
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WJM’s Popular Renewable Energy Mini-Conference returns to Inverness
Tuesday 16th June 2015
Tuesday 16th June is a red letter day for your diary if you’re in the renewables industry as WJM’s popular Renewable Energy Mini-Conference comes to town.
The theme for this year’s c
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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the appointment of Stephen Grant to Partner, marking a significant milestone as the first promotion since its investment from Irwin Mitchell and the recent regulatory approval for the deal.
Speaking of his promotion, Stephen Grant, who has speciali
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WJM's John Grant has partnered with leading accountants, Alexander Sloan, to produce a blog posting highlighting the particular challenges faced by Credit Unions in debt recovery. The main blog post can be found here, and what follows below is a summary.
It is important to stress th
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The Summer 2015 Budget introduced major changes to, among other things, dividend tax, buy-to-let mortgage tax relief, inheritance tax and pensions.
We have summarised some of the key tax points of the recent Budget below, and Kirsten Brass has published a separate article looking at the inheri
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The English High Court recently looked at the question of when directors can be found to have traded wrongfully for the purposes of the Insolvency Act 1986, and what the consequences are.
This WJM Briefing Note looks at the case, and in particular what the court found were the principle
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From 6th April 2016 three key changes to taxation which could affect your tax liability will come into force.
The changes will be in effect for the year beginning 6th April 2016. These changes will affect dividend income, gift aid and bank interest.
Changes to Tax on Dividends:
As of April 2016,
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9.9 million working days are lost in the UK due to work related stress, anxiety or depression according to latest estimates from the HSE Labour Force Survey.
As a forward thinking Scottish law firm, we're seeking to put the Scottish workforce back on its feet in 2016 with a series of initiatives ch
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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has been awarded STEP’s Gold Employer Partner accreditation in recognition of our technical expertise and dedication to providing learning and development opportunities for our private client and family business teams.
STEP is the worldwide professional
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