Category: Lets Talk

Lets Talk with Rick McCann

The 2020 pandemic brought about the most challenging time for many businesses. Rick and Vicky McCann, founding directors of At Home in Edinburgh, decided to ‘beat the challenges’ and invest heavily in their family letting agency business. Rick joins Gillian Semmler on Lets Talk to chat about the significant changes they made to their business …

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Lets Talk with Stuart Petrie

With the property landscape experiencing significant changes in the past four years, Stuart Petrie joins Gillian Semmler for episode 27 of Lets Talk to discuss the various tax efficient routes that landlords can take to minimise tax payments. Stuart is Tax Director at one of the UK’s leading Chartered Accountants and Business Advisory Firms, Anderson, …

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Lets Talk with John Cox

Director of property professionals, Cox and Co, John Cox features on episode 26 of Lets Talk. Originally launched as whole of market mortgage brokers, the company quickly progressed to offer a full turn-key service which includes specialist lending advice, from mortgages and insurance to portfolio building. Cox and Co assist a wide range of clients …

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Lets Talk with Cullen Property

With the Private Rented Sector (PRS) having experienced a roller coaster property ride for the majority of this year, Gillian invited Steve Coyle, Managing Director of Cullen Property on the Lets Talk podcast to discuss his views on how they adapted to the effects of the pandemic and talk about the ‘new norm’ for letting …

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Lets Talk with Adrian Sangster

Director of Leasing at Aberdein Considine, Adrian Sangster joins Gillian Semmler for episode 24 of Lets Talk. 2020 marked Adrian’s 30 years with the company and he chats about how he’d thought he’d seen it all, until this year. Adrian discusses the effects of the pandemic over the last five months on the Scottish PRS, …

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Lets Talk with Jo Parry-Geddes

Jo Parry-Geddes joins Gillian for episode 23 of Lets Talk. The Senior Conservation Architect with Mill Architects discusses the recent proposals being put forward to the Scottish Government by The Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance. With tenements accounting for 24% of Scotland’s housing stock and 29% of them built pre-1919, there has been …

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