How can businesses in Edinburgh lower their carbon emissions?

How can businesses in Edinburgh lower their carbon emissions?

Edinburgh City Council has set an ambitious target of net zero carbon by 2030, presenting us all with the challenge of reducing our carbon footprint. Whilst many businesses in Edinburgh are undoubtedly facing an enormous amount of uncertainty and difficulty, climate change is a problem that faces us all, and…

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The residential market in Scotland is bubbling away as buyers escape the lockdown straitjacket, but is it also on the point of creating a price bubble?  

By Eric Curran There is, I am sure, a more measured and professional way of saying this, and in more normal times I would instinctively reach for it, but the stark fact of the matter is that the residential housing market in Scotland has gone nuts. Hyperbole it may seem…

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Bringing Back Business: Covid-19 impact on Innovation

A recent Chamber event saw the Chief Economist from RBS observe that economic recovery requires three things: demand, policy, and innovation. Whilst we at the Chamber strive to ensure that the policy environment is one in which businesses are able to thrive, it is Edinburgh’s businesses that have been providing…

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How businesses can ensure our young people don’t become a forgotten generation

Never in our lifetime have we experienced a year like 2020. And the scary thing is, we don’t know what is looming around the corner. From political and economic uncertainty, to the stark reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no escaping the ‘new normal’. Some have taken it in…

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Life in the Post Covid Office

“I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.” (A.A. Milne) There are rather…

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Judgment delivered in COVID-19 business interruption insurance test case

The High Court found in favour of the Financial Conduct Authority in its test case concerning business interruption insurance during COVID-19. On 15 September 2020, the High Court in London handed down judgment in the test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority seeking legal clarity on the meaning and…

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Politicians need to talk the language of business – Liz McAreavey

It is critical we have the right policies in place, creating the right economic environment for businesses to survive and rebuild, writes Liz McAreavey As fears grow of a potential hugely damaging Covid 19 second wave, another threat is surging towards us and threatens to capsize our already swamped economy.…

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Employers need to be aware of increased threat of data breaches from homeworking

Kate Wyatt, Partner in Lindsays’ Employment team, issues a ‘take action now’ warning as she says businesses cannot afford to ignore dangers with regulator unlikely to continue to make allowances because of the coronavirus crisis. The warning comes as businesses face the prospect of huge numbers of people continuing to…

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Christmas Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

2020 has been quite a year. For so many people, their business and personal lives have been hugely disrupted in ways they couldn’t have imagined. This, it seems, has led to a yearning for happy times, and the festive season fits the bill! Retail giant John Lewis launched their Christmas collection ten…

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Burges Salmon advises international startup on venture debt financing

The firm’s Banking team has acted as UK counsel for mobility startup Zoomo on a venture debt financing facility. Zoomo, the Sydney-based mobility startup with operations in Australia, the US and the UK, recently raised AUD$16 million to accelerate its global expansion into new categories and markets. Burges Salmon’s Banking team…

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