Tag: The City of Edinburgh Council
No cold calling
New ‘No Cold Calling’ zones are to be set up in the east of the city after it was discovered that this area was being targeted by doorstep callers.Trading Standards Officers from the City...
All schools planning to be open on Monday
All Edinburgh schools and children & families services to open on MondaySchools and children & families establishments and services will operate as normal from Monday.The following community centres will offer a service over the...
Rubbish advice from the Council……on wheelie bins
Due to the extreme weather conditions bin collections have been severely disrupted. Only 250 tonnes of waste was collected from city streets yesterday compared to around 400 tonnes on a normal day.To help households...
Council staff praised for efforts during snow
Heroic staff have been praised for their outstanding efforts to protect vulnerable older people in the Capital.The praise has come from the City of Edinburgh Council’s Health, Social Care and Housing leader, Councillor Paul...
Council drafts in military help
Military personnel will be providing specialist help to ensure that some of the most vulnerable people in the city are able to get from their homes to much needed medical and other emergency locations...
Official – too much snow for the Council
In the city centre there are streets which have not yet seen a gritter and many pavements are treacherous to pedestrians. Cars are parked wherever they can find a space in the snow and...
What’s on this week? 6th December
There is still enough snow around in the city to make it difficult to get around, and some events this week may have been cancelled or postponed so best to check that whatever you...
Council Leader Jenny Dawe talks snow
The City of Edinburgh Council Leader Jenny Dawe has sent us an update on the current position.
"As we enter into our second weekend of dire weather, with cold weather expected to last for a...
Is it still snowing?
Here are the updates on what is happening and what is not in Edinburgh at the moment. We will update here through the day. Please let us know if your event is either going...
Good idea Number 1 – Council makes offenders clear the snow!
Low level offenders on community service have been clearing snow and ice from the pavements of a sheltered housing complex for the elderly in Edinburgh. The offenders have been switched from usual work such...
Council budget update
Councillor Phil Wheeler, Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee has given an update on the budget process for Edinburgh:-"The Scottish Government's budget announcement this month confirmed local authorities' proposed total share of...
Snow on the City centre streets
Travelling along the A77 and M8 earlier today it was obvious to The Reporter that there had not been much gritting of roads, clearing of roads, police out there being generally helpful......even...
Severe weather warning in Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council staff have been working around the clock to help keep the city moving during the ongoing severe weather.Gritters have been working 24-hours-a-day all weekend in response to the heavy snowfalls.Due...
The Future of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
This has been a sobering year for The City of Edinburgh Council. They are faced with the necessity of substantial spending cuts, which may yet lead to compulsory redundancy among their staff. They have,...
Blindcraft
A compromise has been reached with the workers at Blindcraft this week to allow the factory to remain open while the council can still try to achieve the financial cuts needed to balance the...
Marketing Edinburgh backed by the Council
Councillors today 18th November 2010 gave their backing to the creation of a single promotional body for Edinburgh.'Marketing Edinburgh' will build on the existing public-private partnerships in the city and the combined strengths of...
Trams – emergency motion at Council meeting
This is the text of the emergency motion laid before the Council today at the meeting of the full council."The City of Edinburgh Council - 18 November 2010Liberal Democrat Emergency MotionCouncil notes that:(i) the...
Council help businesses
Local businesses are being given the opportunity to meet with council officials and other agencies who can assist them at the City Chambers on Monday night.The first of a two-week programme of...
Dalry Swim Centre – on the brink of going under?
Edinburgh Central MSP Sarah Boyack submitted her petition, calling on The City of Edinburgh Council to save the Dalry Swim Centre, to Edinburgh Leisure today November 9th.
The petition has gathered tremendous support from...
Zero Waste in Edinburgh and Midlothian
The City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils have both agreed to move ahead in a joint project to secure waste treatment facilities to deal with the food and residual waste they collect in the...
Tales of One City
The blog from City of Edinburgh Libraries has much to commend it.....but particularly the photos from their evening of vintage fashion on 21st October. Here they are - aren't they lovely? And if you...
Have a recycling Hallowe’en at the Waste Aware cabin
A spookily good family event at Edinburgh’s largest recycling centre will take place this weekend.Why not celebrate Halloween with a visit to the Waste Aware Cabin? This Saturday, the cabin is having...
Dangers of fireworks highlighted by play
An informative play about the dangers of misusing fireworks will be performed for pupils in fourteen Edinburgh secondary schools in the lead-up to Guy Fawkes Night.
The annual play teaches children about the...
Electric blanket exchange!
As the colder weather bites the City of Edinburgh Council is running an electric blanket exchange at Oxgangs Library.The Council is urging people to check their electric blankets are safe and is...
Bye-law being used to discourage anti-social behaviour
The City of Edinburgh Council and Lothian and Borders Police will use bye-law powers to help deal with anti-social drinkers at a site in the city centre.The Council and Police have been...
Developers urged not to forget affordable housing
Housing developers are being urged to get on board with a scheme aimed at building more affordable homes in the Capital.The National Housing Trust (NHT) scheme, being led by the Scottish Government and the...
The Tram Project
Yes, trams were on the agenda at the full council meeting yesterday and they were dealt with.
Agenda item 8.1 referred to the Tram Update Report which we have already highlighted in an earlier article....
Lothian Buses – protest against merger with Tram company
Prior to the Council meeting on 14th October there was a sizeable group of Lothian Buses employees gathered outside to protest against the proposed merger of Lothian Buses with the Tram Project into one...
Council appoints Link Housing to homeless contract
The contract for one of the City of Edinburgh Council’s pioneering homeless services has been awarded.Link Group Ltd will be delivering the Private Sector Leasing (PSL) scheme which provides a major source of rented...
City Summit on Friday
Leaders from all sectors will gather this week in Edinburgh, ahead of the UK Government Spending Review, to debate the capital city's future.The City Summit, being held on Friday, 15 October, organised by The...
