Edinburgh Accies licensing
Edinburgh Food Festival
International Festival of Lacrosse
Save 1-6 Canonmills Bridge campaign
Greggs in Portobello has a new look
There is a licensing board meeting this morning which is convened to deal with the licences applied for at Raeburn Place when the redevelopment there is complete.
In May the Save Stockbridge campaign held a meeting which was packed out with residents and traders all objecting to the applications according to what they tell us.
The campaign resolved to take as much opposing action as they could to all the licensing applications which they think ‘excessive and inappropriate’.
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This summer, Assembly’s George Square Gardens plays host to the inaugural Edinburgh Food Festival, as a part of The Year of Food and Drink, Scotland 2015.
Visit Scotland, Event Scotland and Scotland Food and Drink have teamed up with this initiative to spotlight, celebrate and promote Scotland’s natural larder of quality produce to both locals and visitors.
Embracing the celebrations, the Assembly George Square Gardens will be bustling with gourmet Street Food, local food producers, tantalising talks and delicious debates in the splendid Spiegeltent across five days this festival season.
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Lots of lacrosse in Edinburgh this week! And they are running Come & Try taster sessions too.
The U19 World Championship 2015 will take place between 23rd July and 1st August 2015 and the U18 International Festival of Lacrosse will take place between 28th and 31st July 2015. The venue for both events is University of Edinburgh – Peffermill Playing Fields. With over 30 teams participating in these two events you can be sure of a memorable lacrosse-fest.
More information here.
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A local campaign to save the buildings at 1-6 Canonmills Bridge from demolition and redevelopment is gathering some pace.
Here is an interview with local MSP Malcolm Chisholm about the reason why he supports the campaign.
“I think it is appalling that there is a proposal to demolish Earthy. We know that we need housing but these small developments in inappropriate locations are unwanted and unnecessary.”
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The bakery firm Greggs has undertaken a remodel of its shop at Portobello High Street which has re-opened as one of the business’s new-look food-on-the-go outlets.The newly reopened shop has been redesigned to meet the demands of busy ‘food-on-the-go’ shoppers, who typically purchase food to be eaten at their convenience rather than to be taken home.
The shop layout aims to offer customers a great shopping experience with lots of space for browsing the product ranges. Seating and free Wi-Fi is now also available for customers who wish to relax and enjoy their purchases inside the shop.
Customers can enjoy Greggs favourites such as the iconic Greggs sausage roll, jam doughnut, Greggs Yum Yum, as well as other savouries and sandwiches which will be freshly prepared throughout the day. Seasonal ranges will also be available.
Christine Carhart, shop manager at Greggs in Portobello, said: “I am very proud to be managing this new-look shop and the shop team are looking forward to hearing what the local community think of the new look.”
Raymond Reynolds, retail director for Greggs, said: “We are delighted to be able to invest in Portobello and provide our valued customers with a modern and comfortable upgrade to the shop. This underlines our long-term commitment to the area and I’m sure it will be enjoyed by existing and new customers alike.”
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