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Matthew Hutton: How Scottish hospitality businesses can prepare for the Tipping Act

Published 9 months ago

Ahead of the introduction of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, known as the Tipping Act, in Scotland, accountant Matthew Hutton outlines the necessary steps for hospitality businesses to ensure fair distribution of tips to qualifying employees and agency workers in compliance with the new legislation.

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Lucy Black: Why we need a greater focus on embodied carbon and regulations to help the built environment achieve net zero

Published 9 months ago

Lucy Black, head of business development at Kenoteq, will be speaking at Sustainabuild Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28th February. She shares her thoughts on embodied carbon and explains the challenge we face as an industry.

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Lisa Mannion: New cladding legislation to enhance building safety in Scotland

Published 9 months ago

Lisa Mannion, an associate in the Residential Property division of Thorntons, outlines Scotland’s new cladding regulations.

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Liz Hamilton: How planning can help to tackle Scotland’s housing crisis

Published 10 months ago

Liz Hamilton, senior land and planning manager at AS Homes Scotland, highlights the current housing crisis and the need for change within Scotland’s planning system to support the delivery of new homes.

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Fiona Henderson: Innovation remains key as Scottish fintechs weather investment storm

Published 10 months ago

The Scottish fintech sector continues to see success after success, its growth goals outlined in the fintech Scotland Research & Innovation Roadmap, however some firms are faced with challenges posed by a recent decline in investment activity, writes fintech specialist Fiona Henderson.

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National Planning Improvement Champion: Collaboration is key to improving planning

Published 10 months ago

Craig McLaren and Susan Rintoul set out the findings of the National Planning Improvement Champion’s call for ideas and outline how it is shaping the way we measure the success of planning.

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Janet Haugh: Scotland’s homelessness crisis is a national embarrassment

Published 10 months ago

Right There CEO Janet Haugh marks the homelessness charity’s 200th anniversary with a look at the charity’s journey and today’s wider issues of homelessness and the housing crisis.

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Justin Rourke: Required retirement income rises by up to 34% – how much will you need to retire?

Published 10 months ago

In light of the significant rise in the expected level of income needed for retirement, Armstrong Watson Financial Planning’s head of advice, Justin Rourke, highlights the impacting factors and discusses what one should consider to achieve their retirement objectives.

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Jocelyne Fleming: Draft cladding legislation has uncovered an uncomfortable truth

Published 10 months ago

In this month’s CIOB Column for SCN, policy and public affairs officer Jocelyne Fleming argues that draft cladding legislation has highlighted Scotland’s wider built environment safety challenge.

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Marcus Di Rollo: Compromise will be key for Scotland’s rent cap changes

Published 10 months ago

Marcus Di Rollo discusses examines the impacts of the Scottish Government’s rent cap on investors, developers, and tenants, and explores the upcoming challenges and potential changes in rent control policies.

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Rosie Gollan and Francesca Macmillan: How the draft Scottish Budget impacts construction

Published 10 months ago

Rosie Gollan and Francesca Macmillan from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson discuss the Scottish Government’s plans for construction in 2024 and 2025.

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Richard Campbell: Championing change & collaboration to tackle our climate emergency

Published 10 months ago

Richard Campbell, the new chair of the Institution of Structural Engineers Scotland, highlights how structural engineering is assisting efforts to tackle the climate crisis.

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Claire Campbell: Law needed to address damp and mouldy homes

Published 10 months ago

Claire Campbell explains why legislation is needed to address the scourge of mould in rented properties.

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Craig Stirrat: Holyrood – we have a problem!

Published 10 months ago

Grampian Housing Association CEO Craig Stirrat offers his thoughts on the forthcoming release of the next Scottish House Condition Survey (2022).

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Paul Hilton: Sellers shouldn’t wait for springtime to list their homes

Published 11 months ago

Paul Hilton explains why, even in a slightly slower market, homeowners shouldn’t hold off on selling their homes.

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