City Observatory and former rubber mill to benefit from over £700,000 worth of investment

Edinburgh’s City Observatory complex on Calton Hill and Castle Mills Works, the only remaining building of what was once Edinburgh’s thriving rubber mill industry, in Fountainbridge, are amongst the latest recipients of Historic Scotland’s Building Repair Grants scheme. The observatory and former mill, which received £233,000 and £500,000 respectively, are…

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Vegware Community Fund re-launch event

Vegware is celebrating the re-launch of its Community Fund on August 26th with an afternoon event in Harrison Park.  A range of family-friendly activities will be on offer, including a wild food walk, face painting and environmental games. There will also be a canal boat docked nearby offering free refreshments.…

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tHe Haymarket & Dalry Colonies Create Sense of Place

tHe Haymarket development has joined forces with Dalry Colonies Residents’ Association to create a visual depiction of life past and present in the Dalry colonies. Dating back to the late 1860s, the Dalry Colonies have a rich heritage that has developed through the decades. Now with nearing completion of underground…

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Shepherd and Wedderburn helping Scotland’s next generation of innovators

Leading UK law firm, Shepherd and Wedderburn is delighted to support ‘VentureJam’, an initiative launched by Young Scot and Glasgow City of Science to encourage the city’s youth to develop and promote new ideas in the  green and digital spaces. VentureJam comprises a weekend workshop to create and develop ideas…

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Council Set To Save £50m Through New ICT Contract

The City of Edinburgh Council is set to approve a report naming CGI as the preferred bidder to deliver a new ICT contract worth £186m. This would transform Council services and save a minimum of £45m over the next seven years. Councillors will consider the report at a meeting of…

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Edinburgh Mela serves up polystyrene ban for zero waste festival food

Edinburgh Mela has banned food traders from using polystyrene and has gone completely compostable with the help of local eco packaging firm Vegware. Vegware’s compostable takeaway packaging is made from plants not plastic, and is can be composted together with food waste. The Edinburgh Mela is currently recruiting recycling volunteers…

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Huge Rise In Number Of Foreign Direct Investments To Edinburgh

The number of foreign direct investments to the Capital this month is the highest attracted since the figures were first recorded in May 2008. The Edinburgh Investment Tracker, produced by the City of Edinburgh Council each month, shows that 11 companies headquartered in countries including the United States, Germany, South Africa…

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FarrPoint helps connect Scotland’s most remote communities through key broadband initiative

FarrPoint, Scotland’s fastest growing technology consultancy, has helped connect remote Scottish communities through the provision of reliable high speed broadband connections in some of the most challenging rural areas in Europe. FarrPoint worked in partnership with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) to support the ambitions of GigaPlus Argyll, a community organisation…

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IME basks in bumper summer of deals

It may not have been the best summer in terms of the weather, but for Edinburgh’s newest and fastest growing independent commercial property agency it has been a case of ‘making hay while the sun doesn’t shine’. In a successful summer, IME Property has concluded in excess of £1m of…

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StartUp Britain Bus Tour To Visit Edinburgh

Following a high profile Downing Street launch and a successful tour around towns and cities in England and Wales, national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain will shortly arrive in Edinburgh on the way to helping the number of UK businesses started in 2015 to reach a record 600,000. At the launch last month, surrounded…

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