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Construction and residential development company JB Bennett (Contracts) Ltd has ceased trading.

The number of Scottish construction business failures in 2018 was the highest annual figure since 2014 with this year on target for a similar number, according to new analysis. Accountants and business advisers French Duncan LLP found that 202 businesses in the construction sector went through a for

French Duncan VAT director, Maria McConnell has published an information sheet about the Domestic Reverse Charge for Construction Services. A new Statutory Instrument will introduce the domestic reverse charge into UK legislation via VATA 1994 s55A to relevant supplies of construction services with

Scottish businesses involved in the construction sector could face substantial cash flow issues under new VAT rules due to be introduced this year. HMRC has updated the draft legislation for its new VAT domestic reverse charge regime for the construction industry, which requires the recipient rather

ADF Architects has ceased trading with the loss of 27 jobs. The highly regarded practice had carried out work on many well-known developments including the Radisson Red hotel near the Hydro, the development of a housing site at the gateway to the Merchant City, the £200 million redevelopment o

The impact of the liquidation of Carillion could cause a potential domino effect on Scottish businesses resulting in further insolvencies in the months to come, according to accountants and business advisers French Duncan. The firm is concerned that many firms which supplied services and goods to Ca

One of Glasgow’s most established family-run timber and builders’ merchants has announced the completion of a management buy-out (MBO). Kelvin Timber, which has two branches in the West of Scotland - one in Milngavie and another in Hamilton – has been supplying timber, decking and building goo