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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! 🎄✨

Season’s greetings to our clients and contacts, from everyone at Brodies! 🎄

Described as "the most significant for a generation", inheritance tax changes in the UK Budget include alterations to agricultural property relief and business property relief, as well as pension pots being included as part of someone's estate for tax purposes. In The Business, published in The Sunday Times, partner Bob Langridge and senior associate Stewart Gibson discuss these changes and their impact (p.62): https://brodi.es/3ZR1Oj0 #UKBudget #IHT #TaxLaw

There's still time to secure your spot at Brodies Food & Drink Conference! 🍴 The final three speakers completing our line up include: - Conrad Reyners, Global Regulatory & Government Affairs Counsel at Redbull - Nicola Aitchison, Head of Legal at Edrington - Alex Swinnerton MCIPS, Buyer at Co-op ➡️ To hear from our speakers, take part in discussions on key issues affecting the sector and network with delegates, join us on 16 January by registering here: https://brodi.es/2FaWYYk #BFDC25

At Brodies, it's important to us that we make a positive contribution to the communities in which we live and work, whether it's supporting charities, organising PRIME work experience, hosting events for young people or giving our colleagues the opportunities to get involved in local community initiatives ❤️ Here's a round-up of some of the activities we've been involved in this past year. 👇 #BrodiesPeople #InTheCommunity

Across our offices, we've been collecting and delivering presents donated by colleagues for some incredible local charities, including Cash for Kids, Befriend a Child and One Parent Families Scotland. Physical gifts, vouchers and online donations were given to help support those who need it most and to spread some festive cheer 🎁✨ . #InTheCommunity #GivingAtChristmas #CaringatChristmas

We're pleased to announce the first speakers in our line up who'll be joining us at Brodies Food & Drink Conference on 16th January: ➡️ Iain Baxter, CEO of Scotland Food & Drink ➡️ Stuart Common, Managing Director of Mackie's of Scotland ➡️ Sian Edmunds, Senior Food, Feed and Products Lawyer at Cargill Iain, Stuart and Sian will share their experiences and expertise on a range of topics relevant to the food & drink sector at the event. 🍴 🌟 Secure your spot for free here: https://brodi.es/2FaWYYk #BFDC25

Meet Coll, a 2024 summer placement student. He tells us about his most valuable takeaway and shares his highlight from his three week placement with the firm. Applications for our 2025 summer placements are now open, apply today: https://brodi.es/3hokAfc #summerplacements #lawstudents #internship #legalcareers

Currently, most qualifying businesses can be transferred on death with no inheritance tax - however this is set to change from 6 April 2026. Partners Mark Stewart and Tom Boulton-Jones discuss these changes in the latest edition of The Business, distributed with The Sunday Times: https://lnkd.in/ehyRV5XP

We're proud of every colleague who has taken the time to fundraise for a charity and support a cause close to their heart. We take a look back at some of the fundraising activities our colleagues took part in this year and find out why they decided to challenge themselves to support a cause that is meaningful to them. Erin Brown "I chose to run the Edinburgh Marathon to challenge myself physically and mentally (as a non-runner prior to January, it was tough!), and of course to raise money for St Columba's Hospice Care. A charity that means a lot to me and provides incredible care for people coming to the end of their life at the hospice itself, or even in their own homes." Cheryl Hyams "A good friend of mine is suffering really badly from long Covid and I wanted to do something positive, Long Covid Support are quite a small charity so I knew anything I was able to raise would make a big difference to them. I also wanted to raise more awareness of long Covid as it's something a lot of people aren't aware of. " Ashley B."To challenge myself and support a cause close to my heart, having had family and close friends affected by cancer, including my mum. Without the work Cancer Research UK (CRUK) do in developing treatments, they wouldn't be here today and contributing to further research to detect, treat and prevent cancer is so important to me." Louise Laing "My daughter and her P2 classmates lost their teacher to cancer. As a way of remembering their teacher, and giving the children something positive to think and talk about." Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Fiona D. "It was fantastic way to challenge myself physically while supporting a great cause. It was an opportunity to join a community of like-minded individuals, all working together to make a difference to raise funds to fight against breast cancer." Walk the Walk Worldwide #BrodiesPeople