News

• Wednesday 19 June 2013

  Uni greenhouse gas centre to boost city jobs

  THE Capital is set for hundreds of jobs and a home energy revolution after engineers opened a world-leading research centre to pioneer advances in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
• Tuesday 18 June 2013

  £5m refit for Edinburgh College’s Sighthill campus

  BOSSES at the newly merged Edinburgh College have unveiled a landmark £5 million investment aimed at transforming its oldest campus into a “state-of-the-art” education gateway.
• Monday 17 June 2013

  Free snapp!ed App Coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013!

  The world’s largest annual arts Festival in the capital of Scotland is yet again welcoming snapp!ed, the android app designed to make the most of your Festival experience.
• Monday 17 June 2013

  High Street sees return of Scottish shoppers

  The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) footfall figures showed numbers were 3% higher than a year ago - an improvement from the 1% rise in April. Scottish retailers faired much better than the whole of the UK, where shopper numbers were down 0.7%.
• Friday 14 June 2013

  University tie-ups could net companies £80m

  PARTNERSHIPS between businesses and universities will generate £80 million a year for Scotland’s economy by 2018, more than four times their current level, according to a report published yesterday.
• Friday 14 June 2013

  Sitematch Scotland: a great chance to showcase cities

  Council representatives from six Scottish cities attended Sitematch Scotland in London, yesterday, where they presented opportunity sites to around 30 London-based property investors and developers.

Itineraries

A Weekend in Edinburgh 

Join us in Edinburgh for a weekend you’ll never forget. We’ve come up with some great ways to help you make the most of your precious days off with a city break to one of the most beautiful and compact locations in the world... more

Edinburgh Luxury Itinerary

A UNESCO World Heritage site, a thriving, elegant metropolis and a leader in cultural and academic excellence for centuries; Edinburgh is such a magnificent city that it deserves to be seen in style. To reflect that, we’ve prepared a luxury itinerary guide to help you enjoy a VIP experience during your stay in Scotland’s capital. more

Edinburgh Film Itinerary Part One - Old Town

Edinburgh is a filmmaker's dream, a city of stunning architecture, wide open spaces, dramatic changes in light and majestorial presence. This is the first part of our Edinburgh filim itinerary series and features mainly the Old Town (an area around the Royal Mile, running from the Castle to Holyrood, which still reflects the medieval street layout). more

Film Itinerary Part Two - New Town

Edinburgh has been the perfect backdrop and setting for a diverse range of film and tv productions from One Day, to Burke and Hare, to Trainspotting, Case Histories, Rebus and Hallam Foe. This is the second part of our Edinburgh Film Itinerary. featuring the New Town. more

Trainspotting Itinerary

You’ve read the book, you watched the film and now you’re planning a visit to Edinburgh, the home of “reid-heided” Renton and pals as depicted from the inside and out in Irvine Welsh’s iconic novel, Trainspotting. more