Tag: Edinburgh business

Following a change in safety regulations at the turn of the year, you may need to take a new look at the electrical fusebox in your house.Any domestic fusebox now has to be made of...

Peffer Paints has changed hands and is now one by PPG. Peffer’s four stores across Edinburgh, Livingston and Galashiels have been added to the Johnstone’s national store network, which will number over  200 by the end of 2016.Vincent O’Sullivan,...

The serviced apartments at Old Town Chambers was named Serviced Apartments of the Year at the Scottish Hotel Awards.The ceremony was held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel  on Sunday night.In its judging, the Scottish Hotel Awards...

Business at Abbeyhill Electrical Services Limited has soared by a staggering 138% when comparing November 2015 to February 2016. Brothers Kenny and Chris Cummings took over the company in November acquiring the Select registered electrical contracting company on November 14th...

Leading Scottish law firm Thorntons has strengthened its Edinburgh  team with a new senior promotion. Solicitor Michelle Adam has been promoted to Partner at Thorntons, having previously been an associate at the firm. Based in the...

At first glance you might think that Loch Leven Tablet must be made in the Highlands, but rather it is made by a Highlander living in Edinburgh! Donnie Montgomery is the tablet maker par excellence,...

‘Buy to let’ investors - should you buy now? There are some changes proposed  to the tax incurred on a property purchase from April 2016 which might make you think about doing just that. The Scottish...

Blipfoto the daily photo journal website is yet again in danger of folding.The site was founded in Edinburgh by Joe Tree and Graham Maclachlan in 2004, but following some financial difficulties last year the...

If you have a musician in your family you may think you've seen every music-related item there is to see; a visit to the excellent Rae Macintosh Musicroom in Shandwick Place will soon prove...

Online shopping is here to stay - why drag yourself out in the winter weather when you can sort your Christmas list with the click of a button? Good service, that's why! If the person who takes...

Hooray! The two Scots behind Crema Caravan have just told us they won Best Dessert at British Street Food awards with their crème brûlée on wheels. The Crema Caravan scooped ‘Best Dessert’ in this year's British...

An Edinburgh man who set up his own publishing house three years ago is celebrating the acquisition of three more novelists to his stable of authors. Gordon Lawrie set up Comely Bank Publishing, a writers’...

West Lothian’s home of golf and the area’s leading leisure club, Deer Park Golf and Country Club in Livingston, has unveiled a cutting edge refurbishment of much of its public space. The Champions Lounge,...

CEO of Edinburgh Airport Gordon Dewar won the category of Chief Executive of the year at the Scottish Business Awards last night.Mr Dewar said that winning his award was thanks to the hard work...

Up and coming entrepreneurs from across Edinburgh won prizes totalling £10,000 at the Entrepreneurial Spark Acceler8 awards last night. The event, hosted by the world’s largest free business accelerator in conjunction with RBS and KPMG,...

Leading children’s charity Action for Children has partnered with Fort Kinnaird Retail Park brands for less homeware retailer, HomeSense, on a Christmas campaign to raise funds for Gilmerton Road Short Breaks Service. Customers at...

It is a week or two since we were invited to go to the John Lewis Edinburgh Christmas party and even though it was early, we had a great time!They gave us a lovely...

By winning a competition the owners of coffee shop in a police box The Counter will be able to promote their business on national TV. Just over a year ago, Ali and Sally McFarlane decided to...

Having kept student and graduate training schemes in operation right through the recession and beyond, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants revealed the latest two young people to benefit from its student support scheme. Kirsten O’Connor...

There are many small PR companies in Scotland but now we have the best small PR agency right here in the capital.Holyrood Partnership was crowned Scotland’s most outstanding small public relations agency at an awards...

Grocer of the Year, Lidl, submits detailed application for new concept store as part of Craigmillar’s town centre regenerationThe EDI Group Ltd has announced today that a detailed planning application has been lodged by...

The well known opticians Black & Lizars celebrate 185 years in the business this week.Today in their flagship Frederick Street store they had cake which Managing Director Geraldine Wood is holding aloft in our photo above....

Well George Clooney and a couple of others since the dinner will be held at the EICC!> This rapidly expanding capital legal firm is celebrating an impressive double nomination at this year’s Scottish Business Awards – setting...

Edinburgh's Cairn Energy PLC has been shortlisted for an award for best audit and risk disclosure in an annual report. The company is being recognised for transparent disclosure in its corporate reporting by ICSA,...

Edinburgh Production Company 20/20 aim to raise over £725 for UNICEF in 25-day cycling challenge - Le Tour de 20/20 - to celebrate the company’s 25th year in business.  Each member of the 20/20 team cycled...

Edinburgh tradesmen Andy Shaw and Chris Wright have been shortlisted for creating one of the five best landscaping jobs in Scotland in a competition run by Travis Perkins fronted by TV star Melinda Messenger.Andy...

One of the world’s leading wave energy firms has teamed up with a top Irish university to accelerate the development of a commercial wave energy technology.Edinburgh-based Aquamarine Power and the National University of Ireland,...

As a business committed to equal opportunity, software development consultancy Scott Logic is proud to have trebled the number of females in technical roles at the firm in just twelve months. The disproportionate number of women...

Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has secured a three month contract with Wave Energy Scotland to share knowledge gained through the development of Oyster technology.The work package, known as ‘Project Know-How’, will enable Aquamarine...

Better broadband connection is one way to improve what Edinburgh offers its businesses, and the newly launched GIG UP Edinburgh campaign is intended to make a real difference. Now businesses and institutions across the city are being given...