Tag: Edinburgh

Primary teachers across Scotland are being encouraged to nominate their school business for the ScottishPower Schools Best Budding Business competition.The utility company will reward the most enterprising primary school and is looking to find...

Director Tracy Hawkes celebrates Dance For All’s double anniversary this August at the venue which she now owns and where she herself originally trained as a dancer in the 1970s.Formerly known as The Theatre...

Topping up at the petrol pump is about to take an intriguing twist as cars are set to be fuelled with a new super biofuel, made from whisky by-products.Edinburgh Napier University has...

Scottish Enterprise has published its 2009/10 Annual Report and Accounts, and claim that the documents highlight a strong year of performance.During the year, around 10,000 companies accessed SE support to make their...

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following an assault and robbery that happened in the Wester Hailes area of the Capital.The incident happened around 11.30am on Monday August 16 in the...

Applying for British citizenship has been made easier thanks to the launch of a document "check and send" service in Edinburgh.People who use the Nationality Checking Service offered by the City of...

Many Scots are risking leaving their affairs in jeopardy if they become old and infirm – by not signing over sufficient authority in a Power of Attorney.Edinburgh legal firm Gibson Kerr says...

This week we are back to basics again. For all you students out there here is a very easy recipe but one which will keep you going on a dark winter's day!Take two slices...

Scotland’s leading workplace design firm as agreed a deal to become an official sponsor of one of Edinburgh’s top amateur rugby clubs.Space Solutions, which has enjoyed impressive growth despite the recession, has...

Every local authority in Scotland is invited to apply for funding from the Scottish Government to help ensure that people going out for the night can enjoy themselves in a safe environment.Last year's Safer...

The athletes who will represent Scotland at next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi were named today.Scots will compete in 16 of the 17 sports disciplines in India. The oldest is 72-year-old bowler Willie Wood,...

Joint plans to mark the 450th anniversary of the Reformation were unveiled by the Church of Scotland and Scottish Government today.The main national focus will be on Wednesday November 3, beginning with a conference,...

To access public money is always a bit of a lottery but the success of the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) means that it is closing to new applications following unprecedented demand, it...

First Minister Alex Salmond today met Statoil, a Norwegian based oil company, to discuss the possibility of developing the world's first floating wind farm in Scotland.The company has identified two potential sites, one off...

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice today announced the appointment of a new member to the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.The new member is Dr Michael (Mike) Ewart.Mike has a First Class Honours degree from...

Edinburgh parents have welcomed the news that a solution will be proposed at the full Council Committee on Thursday to curb the size of early years classes - and it will not cost...

Scottish Business in the Community (SBC) and Essential Edinburgh have announced the national launch of project START, an initiative established by HRH The Prince of Wales to promote and celebrate sustainable...

A teenager is being hunted for the murder of a delivery driver according to The Sun. Simon San was killed outside his family's takeaway business in Leith on Wednesday night and was taken to...

Voters in the Liberton and Gilmerton ward in Edinburgh have until 25 August to register to vote or apply for a postal vote for the by-election on 9 September. A vacancy has...

A new market square is the centre piece of a £250,000 revamp to Balerno after a major cash injection from the City of Edinburgh Council. The ceremony for the re-furbished Balerno Main...

Edinburgh based data management specialist, Data Discoveries has strongly backed the Government’s latest proposal to crack down on benefit cheats.The firm has seen the extent of the problem at first hand as they ...

Controversial government plans for a mandatory deposit scheme would not do enough to protect tenants’ money according to experts at Edinburgh’s Cullen Property.The plans could see landlords governed by dispute resolution ...

Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses after a disabled man in Edinburgh was pushed onto a road by youths.The incident happened around 4.15p.m. on Wednesday 11th August in Dundee Street.The...

Lothian and Borders Police investigating the suspected murder of Edinburgh woman, Suzanne Pilley are launching a large-scale search of the area around the Argyll Forest this weekend. Despite this action Miss Pilley's...

We always rather forget about The Odeon on Lothian Road as a cinema to visit, but had cause to go recently and it was rather nice!So this Saturday you could go to The Odeon...

The Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, visited the Scottish Ambulance Service on Wednesday and met the specially trained teams who deal with large scale and hazardous incidents.Investment of £4.3...

Lothian and Borders Police have now confirmed the identity of the woman who died after being struck by vehicles on the M8.She is 19-year-old Elizabeth Coulter from Whitburn.Miss Coulter had been...

We have already given you a list of MSPs in the Edinburgh area elsewhere on this site but we are conducting an investigation into the online presence of our politicians from council level upwards...

There has been a lot of hype about animation at the Film Festival, with premieres of Toy Story 3, The Illusionist, and the insanely brilliant Jackboots On Whitehall.But I have read less about the...

The Edinburgh International Film Festival is already into its second week and that can only mean one thing: festival season will soon be upon us! With this in mind let’s take a sneak...