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