Welcome to our July edition of the A&M Taxand Scotland Asset Managers Briefing Note!

In a video interview for Data Breach Today with the Information Security Media Group (ISMG), A&M cybersecurity expert Rocco Grillo discusses the importance of cyber resiliency in the face of today’s expansive cyber threats.

Robert Grosvenor, Managing Director and global lead for Privacy and Data Compliance Services with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations practice in London, recently joined a panel of industry-leading experts to discuss how businesses are stepping up to this challenge at The Lawyer’s GC Strategy Summit. The main takeaways of the session are summarized below.

The introduction of Non-resident Capital Gains Tax (NRCGT) in April 2019 has significantly impacted non-UK resident investors who were historically exempt from tax on disposals of UK real estate.

From expanding primary care to providing more beds and establishing medical cities throughout the country, the private sector is set to play an important role in Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plans to transform healthcare provision. 

With more news hitting the headlines of employers failing to deliver employee pay, there can never be a more critical time to maintain and sustain business processes and governance over payroll.

Following the consultation on the future of the R&D regime, the government published draft legislation on 20 July. This introduces a few significant changes, largely clearly drafted and in line with expectations, though not without consequence for many claimants and R&D advisers.

Mental health has long faced a ‘silent pandemic’, which is getting worse due to the deepening of the cost-of- living crisis, adding further pressure to overwhelmed health and social care systems.

Against this backdrop, the second edition of A&M Healthcare & Life Sciences’ industry dinners gathered healthcare and consumer leaders to discuss how insights and access to people in their daily lives can be applied to deal with this complex, pressing problem.

Here's what to know about inflation's impact on global supply chains and consumer behaviors.

With UK investment at a comparative low to most OECD countries, HM Treasury has put forward a Capital Allowances policy paper for change to investment incentives.

A&M was recently engaged by one of the world’s leading building material businesses to develop a practical tool to optimize its distribution network and reduce logistics costs.

A&M was engaged to help our client to develop an organic cotton procurement and supply chain model with the goal that the majority of the cotton supply channels used for its brand of textile products should come from organic plantations by 2025.

This edition of the Taxand Global Guide to M&A Tax has been designed as a desktop reference book covering 30 countries and to provide at-a-glance insight into the tax treatment of global mergers and acquisitions.