Inverness restaurant boss Kevin Smith moved pubs to phoenix company before winding up Speylife Ltd amid £240k tax bill
A six-figure tax bill will go unpaid after a hospitality boss wound up his firm – but formed a “phoenix” company to take over his two pubs. Moray businessman Kevin Smith’s company Speylife Limited, which ran the Drouthy Cobbler in Elgin and the Bonnie Beastie in Forres, entered liquidation in late 2023. Kevin Smith (right)…

