Donald Trump 's golf courses in Scotland have suffered as a result of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic and made a combined loss of almost £7m last year.
The former US President owns the historic and prestigious courses at Turnberry and Balmedie, but both suffered in 2020 as they were hit by staff shortages and increased import costs.
New accounts filed for last year show there were redundancies made at the former despite more than £3m being claimed across both courses in furlough cash.
Against the backdrop of lengthy closures due to the pandemic and new challenges caused by Brexit, Ayrshire resort Turnberry's loss more than doubled from the £2.3m hit in 2019 to £5.3m last year.
There was also a rise in terms of the loss at Balmedie, though the increase was a more steady one at least – from £1.1m in 2019 to £1.3m the following year.
Overall, the two resorts lost their respective trading companies – owned by Trump – £6.6m.
Turnberry accounts signed by director and the ex-President's son Eric Trump state: "Brexit has also impacted our business as supply chains have been impacted by availability of drivers and staff, reducing deliveries and availability of certain product lines.
"Prices have increased from additional freight and import duty charges.
"Staff availability has been a challenge from a combination of wage inflation with retail and logistics sectors increasing wages to attract staff due to increased business levels.
"Indirectly, the staffing pool has been reduced with lack of access to European staff for businesses in general resulting in greater demand for individuals previously available to the resort."
And the accounts at Balmedie state: "Brexit has also impacted business, as supply chains are disrupted and the labour market is reduced."
Turnberry was where the majority of the furlough cash went, with more than £2.3m claimed by the course which has hosted the Open Championship on four occasions.
But that didn't stop a large number of redundancies being made, with staff falling to a monthly average of 289 compared to 541 the year before and £324,000 being paid out in redundancy cash.
The accounts state: "The grant proceeds were utilised by the group in order to support the maintenance of jobs for many of the group’s employees while the resort was closed or at a reduced capacity due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic during the year."
Staff levels at Balmedie also fell from 84 to 63 during the same period, with accounts stating it had used the furlough scheme to "retain as many jobs as possible".
