The business team at Blackadders has helped steer through the sale of the online activity booking site, ClassForKids. ClassForKids, the Glasgow-based site which is used by more than 3,000 kids’ activity clubs to help parents and owners save time and money, has been sold to The Access Group, on
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Scottish Land & Estates has announced the appointment of Jackie McCreery as in-house counsel. She was formerly director of policy & parliamentary affairs at Scottish Land & Estates and its predecessor body SRPBA until 2011 and returns to advise on all aspects of existing and emergin
TLT has advised Santander UK on its multi-million pound funding to global clean energy enterprise, TagEnergy. The funding supports the construction and operation of two landmark battery storage facilities: the 49.9MW/100MWh Roaring Hill development in Fife, Scotland; and the 49MW/98MWH Jamesfield de
Tidman Legal founder and intellectual property solicitor, Oliver Tidman, has been appointed to the advisory panel at the Institute of Directors (IoD). Mr Tidman, who was recently recognised as a Leading Individual by World IP Review 2023, is currently the only legal advisor based in Scotland on the
Burges Salmon has advised First Bus, a division of transport group FirstGroup plc, on the acquisition of Essex bus company Ensign Bus Company Limited (Ensignbus). Aberdeen-headquartered FirstGroup is the second largest regional bus operator in the UK, serving two-thirds of the UK’s 15 largest
The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has welcomed a review of diversion from prosecution in Scotland which has concluded the practice is working well and developing in a positive direction. Diversion from prosecution is one of a range of community justice interventions available to the Crown Office a
Angela Robertson discusses the case of Alan King v Black Horse Limited and Park’s (Ayr) Limited. The Sheriff Appeal Court in Edinburgh has recently (January 2023) decided an appeal on whether a hirer under a hire purchase agreement is entitled to rely upon their rejection of a motor vehic
The sale of peat is set to be banned in Scotland, as part of wider plans to protect peatlands and reduce carbon emissions. As most extracted peat is used for horticulture, the Scottish government is looking for views from gardeners and commercial growers.
Helen Dale has written about the UK's latest constitutional furore and Nicola Sturgeon's subsequent resignation in a piece for Law and Liberty. Ms Dale, who has law degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh, writes: "A tongue-tied Sturgeon responded—to the best of her ability—by making the tradi
Scotland’s mid-market businesses attracted a record amount of private equity during 2022, despite investment dipping across the rest of the UK, according to new analysis by KPMG UK. Over the course of the year 51 deals involving Scottish firms were completed, worth £3.5bn, reflecting a y
The aim of LGBT+ History Month 2023’s theme, ‘Behind the Lens’, is to shine a light on and celebrate the contribution of members of the LGBT+ Community to television, cinema and film. Throughout the month, members of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s LGBTA+ Focus Group will produce a
The latest Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) employment trends survey revealed three-quarters of UK business are struck by labour shortages and industries across the UK have reported significant issues with recruitment. Exacerbated by Brexit, the end of free movement and the impact of
Environmental organisations, community groups, land owners and farmers will be eligible to apply for a share of £1.8 million funding to help grow their nature projects. The Scottish government and NatureScot, working in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and with support from
As Rishi Sunak arrives in Belfast for talks with political leaders on the Northern Ireland Protocol, Anurag Deb here examines the UK Supreme Court's latest Brexit ruling and what it means for the constitutional statutes doctrine. Anyone who is from Ireland, or who has witnessed a real (as opposed to
Nicola Edgar compares the approaches to awards for damages following wrongful death between Scotland and the rest of the UK. For a number of years in Scotland, the appropriate level of damages which should be awarded to relatives following the wrongful death of a loved one has been the subject of mu
