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QMU teams up with Hearts FC and professional theatre company to revive historic plays at Tynecastle
23rd October 2024A university in Edinburgh has formed a unique collaboration with an award-winning theatre company to co-produce two ambitious plays for Heart of Midlothian Football Club’s 150th anniversary celebrations this year. The hugely popular and critically acclaimed shows, A War of Two Halves, and Sweet FA, will be revived in collaboration…
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Edinburgh’s ‘Smart City’ strategy to boost digital inclusion and sustainability
23rd October 2024A new digital strategy will push forward Edinburgh’s ambitions for becoming a sustainable and inclusive Smart City. The Digital and Smart City strategy 2024 – 2027 – aimed at accelerating the city’s technological transformation – was approved by members of the Policy and Sustainability Committee today (Tuesday 22 October). Since…
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Purposing plants to combat extreme urban weather events
23rd October 2024In a year which saw widespread flooding to the Edinburgh Bypass and disruption to thousands of commuters, a new five-year programme at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh that will help the city withstand these increasingly extreme weather events could not be more timely. The £500,000 evidence-based Plants with Purpose initiative…
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SME Exporters Fighting To Make Headway
22nd October 2024• BCC’s Trade Confidence Outlook for Q3 2024 shows a dip in SME exporters already poor performance on overseas sales. • Under a quarter of exporting SME firms (22%) saw their overseas sales rise in Q3, compared to 27% in Q2. • More than half of all SME exporters (54%)…
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Edinburgh Castle goes dark for the first time in 5 years
22nd October 2024On the evening of Wednesday 23 October, Edinburgh Castle will lose mains power. As part of planned repairs, Edinburgh Castle will lose mains power for an estimated two to three hours from 5pm on Wednesday 23 October. It will be the first time in five years that this dramatic monument…
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Council tenants urged to share views on how their rent should be spent
22nd October 2024The City of Edinburgh Council is asking tenants to give their feedback on how it invests in Council homes, neighbourhoods, and services. With just six weeks to go until this year’s consultation closes on Friday 29 November, tenants across the capital are being reminded to share their views on how…
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University develops care home workers as osteoporosis champions
22nd October 2024A university project, which is raising awareness of the shocking rise of osteoporosis in adults across the UK, is to provide specialist education for care home workers and community champions. On World Osteoporosis Day (20th October ‘24) Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh announced that it is expanding its vital work to…
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More than 25 years since establishing the renowned The Vineyard, Sir Peter Michael and family pass ownership to Apex Hotels
22nd October 2024A quarter-of-a-century since creating one of the most successful luxury hotels in Britain, Sir Peter Michael and family are to hand over the ownership of The Vineyard Hotel to Apex Hotels, another family hotel business founded by Norman Springford in 1996. Apex Hotels are making a strategic move into the…
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Plant conservation efforts supported by Scottish and Vietnamese partnership
22nd October 2024International efforts to save the rich flora of Vietnam have been strengthened, following the renewal of a partnership between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and two of the Southeast Asian country’s renowned scientific institutes. Supported by the Stanley Smith Trust, senior botanists from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources…
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Lumo shakes things up for sustainability at Edinburgh Cocktail Week
22nd October 2024Chris Murray, MP for Edinburgh East & Musselburgh and Dr Scott Arthur, MP for Edinburgh South West joined Scottish business leaders and members of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce on Friday at Lumo’s sustainable cocktail event to stir-up support for Edinburgh Cocktail Week. In addition to supporting Edinburgh Cocktail Week,…
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