Inverness Chamber Of Commerce

Kirstin MacDonald, associate at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, has been appointed as a director of the Inverness Chamber of Commerce. Ms MacDonald, a specialist in corporate law, will advocate for the Chamber’s 400+ business member organisations as she takes on the leading role for the

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has said that the burdens on businesses in the tourist industry arising from the implementation of the Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) must be kept to a minimum. The ICAS submission was prepared by the ICAS Tax Board which represents the views o

The introduction of a tourist tax could lead to lucrative cruise liner traffic by-passing the Highlands, and even the whole of Scotland, the Chambers of Commerce for Inverness, Caithness and Lochaber and the Cairngorms Business Partnership have warned.

The three chambers of commerce in the Highlands have joined forces to strongly oppose the introduction of a tourist tax in the region. The chambers have argued that the tax would be an unwelcome additional levy on the hard-pressed industry.