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‘Airbnb for business’ raising £600,000 and creating 15 jobs

Callum McPherson: connections An Edinburgh entrepreneur is aiming to provide what he calls an “Airbnb for commercial businesses” by renting space in underused offices. Callum McPherson’s company, Occupyd, has launchedRead More

New post for Savage

Ex-Standard Life CFO takes up role at Numis Corporation

Standard Life Aberdeen
City broker Numis Corporation has appointed Luke Savage, former chief financial officer of Standard Life, to its board. Mr Savage held the post at Standard Life between 2014 and 2018Read More

Campaign against packaging

Shoppers leave plastic waste at supermarket checkouts

Plastic waste campaign by John Cobb Greenpeace, not for general use
Campaigners say supermarkets need to change their practices (pic: John Cobb, Greenpeace)   Shoppers and environmentalists have stepped up the war on plastic packaging by leaving single use packaging atRead More

As tycoon targets deprived areas...

Mone inquiry? Here’s what start-ups really need

Michelle Mone is about to embark on a fact-finding tour of Britain to hear from deprived communities about why they cannot, or will not start a business. So what willRead More

Clean up Edinburgh

Litter update: signs of improvement

Clean street
After several posts here in recent weeks about the litter problem around Leith Walk, Picardy Place and Broughton Street, Edinburgh City Council seems to have made an effort to cleanRead More

Clean up Edinburgh

Litter City, an elementary problem: part 2

Tesco litter 2
Visitors flock to the birthplace of Arthur Conan Doyle and to have their photos taken alongside the statue of Sherlock Holmes. Nightlifers enjoy the plentiful bars and restaurants. A Holiday ExpressRead More

Mend the city

Edinburgh: City of broken streets (part 2)

ripped up pavement
Since launching our campaign to repair Edinburgh’s broken streets and pavements and improve the litter situation there has been some positive response from the City Council. So, well done EdinburghRead More

Time for clean up action

Litter: Scotland’s embarrassing welcome

Albany St litter
VisitScotland and the Scottish government were last week hailing a 10% rise in visitors to Scotland. Great stuff. But how many of them will go home telling their friends andRead More

Repair the city campaign

Time to repair Edinburgh’s streets of shame

conan doyle pavement
Imagine you have just paid hundreds, maybe thousand of pounds to travel across the world to see the city just voted among Europe’s most beautiful. You’ve booked a room inRead More

Supermarket move to reduce waste

Tesco to donate more unsold food to charities

Waste not
Tesco is to donate thousands of tonnes of unsold food to charity in response to pressure on supermarkets to reduce waste. Britain’s biggest chain last year threw out 55,400 tonnes of food, about 30,000Read More