Fiona McKinnon

May 21, 2024 | restaurantonline.co.uk | Fiona McKinnon

Glasgow City Council could soon require premises to have a plan to get staff home safely. In fact, this stipulation is highly likely to become part of their licensing conditions, a move that is certain to make hospitality employers sit up and take notice. Right now, there are no legal requirements to compel hospitality bosses to get their staff home safely after they finish work, often well after public transport has stopped for the night.

Mar 7, 2024 | andersonstrathern.co.uk | Kimberley Park |Gillian Murray |Fiona McKinnon

Retailers will be all too familiar with the term “service charge” and tenants will be accustomed to service charge clauses in leases. The important question is, do you fully understand the implications of the service charge clauses in your lease? The recent judgement of Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Black Outdoor Retail Ltd [2023] UKSC 2 highlighted the importance of carefully carving out clauses and ensuring parties understand the implications of clauses within leases they are a party to.

Sep 27, 2023 | andersonstrathern.co.uk | Aimee Russell |Fiona McKinnon |Dixcee Fast

In August 2023 there were 112 company insolvencies registered in Scotland, six percent higher than the number in August 2022 and 44% higher than the pre-Covid figures of August 2019. Official statistics released by the Insolvency Service demonstrate that the retail sector continues to follow this upward insolvency trajectory – evidence that baking banana bread and family zoom quizzes aren’t the only trends to have fallen out of fashion post-covid.

Apr 24, 2022 | scotsman.com | Fiona McKinnon

Sep 10, 2021 | scotsman.com | Fiona McKinnon