Insight Hub

• 23 September 2022
• | Dale Crombie

Sustainability key to retail sector’s relevancy

Retail is undergoing an unprecedented transition. The internet led to new sales channels, globalisation opened up new markets, covid shook the retail industry to its core as stores around the world were forced to close and consumers had no choice but to shop online. As part of this change sustainability is now high on the agenda for retailers.

• 8 September 2022
• | Scott Flannigan

Short-term lets in Scotland

A hot topic in the Scottish private let sector at the moment is the introduction of a new mandatory licensing system for short-term lets (“STLs”).

• 7 September 2022

Anderson Strathern names new partners and directors

• 6 September 2022
• | Mark Templeton

Staff shortages in the hospitality & retail sector – What help is there under the UK immigration rules?

For many sectors of the UK economy, recent weeks have been like the “spinning newspaper” effect seen in old movies, with one industry announcement after another: critical staff shortages, rising operating costs, inflation and rocketing energy costs.

• Date: 11 October 2022

Club HR: Legal Obligations on Employers to Establish the Right to Work Status of Employees

• 31 August 2022
• | Victoria Simpson
• | Gillian Harkness-McKinlay

Liability of Charity Trustees for Health and Safety Breaches

As a trustee of a Scottish charity, it is important to be aware that you can be held liable for health and safety law breaches. This article highlights the importance of familiarising yourself with your duties as trustee and the interrelation of those duties with health and safety law.

• 30 August 2022
• | Douglas McLachlan

Intellectual Property – how to maximise your intellectual assets

Intellectual Property (IP) rights protect creations of the mind, safeguarding the key identifiers of a business and often becoming one of an organisation’s most valuable assets. A carefully crafted and fiercely protected portfolio of IP rights has helped to make many of the world’s most well-known hotels, restaurants and shops what they are today.

• 29 August 2022
• | Mark Templeton

Taking advantage of recruitment opportunities available under the UK Immigration Rules – Agriculture and rural industries

Over the last few years, recruitment and lack of labour have been the scourge of many businesses in agriculture and rural industries. However, all may not be lost in terms of hiring overseas workers. Our Immigration Law specialist Mark Templeton looks at the practical ways still available to recruit.

• 25 August 2022
• | Sheila Tulloch

Crofting Law Reform – watch this space

Crofting law is widely considered to be complicated and many consider there is an urgent need to adapt the law for the sake of simplicity, efficiency and modernisation. The Scottish Government started this process in 2017 to 2019 but the work ground to a halt in October 2019 as a result of Brexit. 

• 22 August 2022
• | Tom Docherty

How to appeal the refusal or revocation of a Firearms/Shotgun Certificate in Scotland

If you own a firearm in Scotland, it’s important to be up to date with the intricacies of the Firearms Act 1968 (the Act) to avoid any scrutiny from the police and authorities.

• 19 August 2022
• | Gillian Green

Fluctuations provisions in construction contracts – the basics

Across the board, concerns are being raised regarding the cost of construction contracts and construction inflation generally, whether this relates to contracts already signed or those soon to be entered into.

• 17 August 2022
• | Fiona McKinnon

Buy less, buy better – global business building in the age of sustainability

In a world of fast fashion, how important is a brand’s culture and sustainable business practices? We spoke to Guy and Leeanne Hundleby, founders of the luxury leather goods brand Strathberry about their journey to date and their aspirations for the future.