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Blog20th Nov 2018

The importance of a planned exit strategy

For many private business owners, selling their business isn’t something that regularly plays on their mind.  When it’s full steam ahead looking after the day to day demands of running the company it’s easy to think that it’s a topic…

By Lyn Calder

Blog19th Nov 2018

Capital Allowances Budget 2018 – Part 1

The 2018 Autumn Budget proposed some exciting changes year for Capital Allowances.

Blog19th Nov 2018

North Sea Oil & Gas: The Outlook for Deal Making

The ongoing recovery in the oil price and increasing pricing certainty continues to improve the North Sea Oil & Gas M&A landscape with activity led by the upstream E&P corporate and asset transactions. There are many notable examples, with Total’s…

Blog16th Nov 2018

When companies go bust, who gets what?

Insolvency in a process that the vast majority of business people will have little direct experience of – which is not bad of course. When a company does go into an insolvency process, the process by which the insolvency practitioner…

By Duncan Raggett

Blog15th Nov 2018

The Brexit Breakfast Seminar

AAB would like to invite you to join us on Thursday 6th December, 7.30am – 9.30am at The AAB Aberdeen Office, Prime Four Business Park, Kingswells, AB15 8PU for our Brexit Breakfast Seminar.

Blog14th Nov 2018

Epayslips – Have you made the switch?

Technology. It seems to have taken over the world. The mobile phone has become such an integral part of our entire being, that many of us have forgotten life without it.

Blog14th Nov 2018

Don’t let VAT be a cost of doing business in the UK – 13th Directive Claims

One of the most common questions we are asked by our overseas clients when they are looking to do business in the UK is – “Can we recover the VAT we incur in the UK?”

Blog14th Nov 2018

Addressing key risk areas on potential acquisitions

  Potential acquisitions can offer both highly attractive opportunities and key risks that should be carefully considered from the outset, as addressing these key risks early is vital to successfully preserving and maintaining value post completion.

Blog13th Nov 2018

Planning ahead, while you can!

  Making decisions on our finances and wellbeing is something most take for granted.  But what if you lose capacity to make these decisions?  Who will make them for you, and what impact could this have on your lifestyle?

Blog12th Nov 2018

AAB looks forward to an engaging evening at the Scottish Oil Club in London on 15 November

“Dilemmas and Opportunities: The Future of Oil and Gas Exploration”

Blog9th Nov 2018

The benefits of a proactive deal initiation approach

Deal initiation or ‘match making’ is not a new concept in corporate finance circles with some parties preferring to undertake off market transactions to avoid the competitive nature of the higher profile auction processes.  Naturally, as with any transaction, a…

Blog8th Nov 2018

E&P Private Equity Investments Abroad

AAB Directors Alasdair Green and Callum Gray, together with Opportune LLP Partner Josh Sherman, provide a detailed insight into trends in oil and gas private equity investments abroad for Oil & Gas Investor