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David Alexander, Managing Director of D J Alexander UK buy-to-let (BTL) landlords need to act immediately to prevent them facing losses in the near future, according to a leading Edinburgh-based property management firm.

Real estate investment firm, Hunter REIM (Hunter), has secured a £30 million finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland’s Edinburgh Real Estate Finance (REF) team to help expand its UK Retail Unit Trust portfolio.

New research conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed that businesses in Edinburgh and Aberdeen are firmly opposed to their respective city councils’ plans to introduce a tourism tax in the cities.

Alan Turner The UK has retained its place as one of the world’s most competitive tax regimes, according to the KPMG Tax Competitiveness Survey 2018.

Douglas Shand Douglas Shand has been appointed to the newly created role of director of technology and innovation for Scotland at PwC as the firm expands its digital offering.

An investigation into the financial wrongdoings at Carillion could still take months to conclude despite making “good progress”, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reported.

Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), has secured local luxury fashion brand Aphrodite x Venus Limited (AxV) a six figure equity investment.

Gordon Buist Glasgow based accountant Gordon Buist has recently achieved the rare distinction of being admitted as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), becoming one of a small number of individuals to have attained Fellowship in Scotland by demonstrating an outstanding technical a

Colin Hunter, partner at Breeze Dental and Charles Robertson, Relationship Director at Royal Bank of Scotland A dental clinic in Troon, Breeze Dental, has new owners following a six-figure finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Higher exchange rates and a pick up in real wages mean Scottish travellers will be able to buy more on this year’s summer holidays abroad, according to new analysis from PwC.

An ever-increasing focus on anti-money laundering (AML) controls within the legal profession has seen the introduction of new AML requirements for both the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish solicitors.

Cat MacLean MBM Commercial’s Cat MacLean will this afternoon appear before the Treasury Select Committee as an expert witness to give evidence on SME Finance at the Financial Services Tribunal.

Scottish Labour MP Ged Killen will today introduce a bill in Westminster to ban ATM charges and improve financial inclusion.

Rachel Reeves A Parliamentary report produced in the wake of the collapse of construction giant Carillion has said the UK’s Big Four accountancy firms should be broken up due to their role in a "rotten corporate culture".