Award-winning location
In 2008 Edinburgh was named as of
the world's top ten cities by travel magazine Wanderlust.
In addition, the 2008 Trip Advisor Destination Awards named
Edinburgh as the top 10 destination in Europe and 27th
in the world.
Edinburgh has won an impressive 12 Best City
awards in the last seven years, including the UK's Favourite
City in The Guardian/Observer Travel Awards. Other
accolades recognising excellence across Edinburgh City Region
include:
- Foreign Direct Investment (2008) ranks
Edinburgh as top Small European City, 6th Best Overall City in
Europe and second best in Europe (after London) for Human
Resources. This places Edinburgh ahead of major cities, such
as Frankfurt, Madrid, Brussels, Barcelona, Geneva and
Dublin.
- European City of the Year 2006, The Academy
of Urbanism
- Britain's most satisfying city, MORI 2006
- In 2007 Edinburgh was voted the best place to live in the UK by
Channel 4's Location Location Location programe
- The UK's only 'Ideopolis' outside London - a city of ideas,
where knowledge, creativity, enterprise, connectivity and the
quality of life combine to create a dynamic local economy, The Work
Foundation 2006
- 2002 Region of Excellence for Innovation, European
Commission
- Fourth Best Place To Do Business in Britain, Growing
business magazine 2005
- Edinburgh Park, created by the City of Edinburgh Council’s
development company EDI in partnership with Miller Group, was named
one of the best business parks in Europe, British Council of
Offices 2000
- Edinburgh Science Triangle was the Scottish winner of the DTI's
Enterprising Britain 2007 Awards
- The Queen's Award for Enterprise - local winners in 2007 and
2006 include Wood Mackenzie, Wolfson Microelectronics, Baillie
Gifford and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
- The European Commission's Region of Innovation Excellence
award, 2002.
