Azets

Zakir Issa, a sibling of the billionaire Issa brothers who own Asda, has acquired the Bon Accord shopping centre in Aberdeen through EP Properties for a sum believed to be less than £10 million.

Blair Milne and James Fennessey, partners with Azets, have been appointed joint administrators of one of the UK’s longest continuously operating care homes, Balmanno House in the West End of Glasgow.

The Perth office of accountancy firm Azets has appointed Lisa Macpherson-Fletcher as a new tax partner specialising in land tax planning for businesses, farms, estates and families. Ms Macpherson-Fletcher, who has over 20 years’ experience advising a wide range of clients, is widely regarded a

James Fennessey, Colin Haig and Matthew Richards, partners with accountancy firm Azets, have been appointed joint administrators of Bridges Antonine LLP, the owner of the Antonine Shopping Centre in Cumbernauld. Following a period of creditor pressure, the administrators were appointed to take contr

Azets' Stirling office has appointed Anne Smith as a new partner and promoted Alison Webster to director, Catherine Baxter to manager and Jennifer Gowans to assistant manager. Ms Smith, who has over 30 years’ experience, specialises in advising SMEs, owner managers and entrepreneurs on financi

Azets has appointed Graeme Dreghorn, specialist in strategic wealth management, as a new director responsible for growing Azets Wealth Management in Scotland. Mr Dreghorn has gained extensive wealth management experience during a near 20-year career with blue-chip banking and financial businesses su

An expert has warned that the additional tax burden from the impending corporation tax hike could lead to a significant reduction in investment and the risk of businesses closing. Scotland’s business community will be under pressure to find an extra £1.5 billion per year of corporation t

Accountancy firm Azets has announced plans to recruit up to 80 apprentices, graduates and school leavers in Scotland during 2023. Across the UK the firm is looking to recruit up to 551, taking the overall number employed at the firm to 1600.

New research has revealed that almost one quarter of SME businesses are at risk of serious cash flow problems as they do not have basic cash flow projection processes in place. The findings were revealed by accountancy firm Azets following a financial resilience webinar attended by nearly 200 SME bu

As divorce rates rise family business values will be impacted, warns expert. During the last decade the annual divorce rate in Scotland has averaged around 10,000 but this year could reach 12,000 as the cost of living, wider economic challenges and the impact of the Covid years bear heavily on relat

Accountancy firm Azets has appointed SME and owner managed business specialist Xanthe Tremain as a new partner in the accounts and business advisory services (ABAS) team. The firm's ABAS team oversees the technology-led delivery of all compliance services such as year-end accounts, VAT returns, mana

SME-focused accountancy firm Azets has appointed Gemma Monaghan as head of the firm’s R&D tax credits team in Scotland and the North. Ms Monaghan’s appointment reflects rapid growth in demand for expert advice from SMEs and fast-growing businesses on the increasingly complex are

Mark Pryce and Morag Watson of Azets outline the main tax targets for the upcoming Autumn statement expected this Thursday. The chancellor has made no secret of the fact that there are likely to be tax rises when he delivers the budget statement on Thursday, although he has also been quick to point

A Scottish R&D tax expert has warned that cashflow issues caused by lengthy processing delays might prove terminal for dozens of SMEs with genuine tax credit claims. Processing times for all new claims have slowed down since HMRC began investigating fraudulent use of the tax relief scheme.

Azets, SME-focused accountancy firm, has hired entrepreneurial tax expert Katy Thomson as a partner and head of the firm’s entrepreneurial tax team. Entrepreneurial tax is an addition to Azets’ expanding tax department in Scotland which employs nearly 70 tax professionals advising Scotla