Let’s Call Time On Tariffs

What is happening? Scottish businesses have been hit with a 25% tariff on exports going into the US. The tariff, which has been in place since October 2019, is having a dramatic effect on the amount and cost of goods and service’s that Scottish companies can provide their American counterparts. …

Read Story

Chamber’s ‘impossible’ trade mission goes virtual

An Edinburgh trade mission to Philadelphia, which was due to take place today, is still going ahead as a virtual event. Members of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and the Scottish North American Business Council will now connect via online video sessions. There will be one-to-one B2B meetings between organisations in…

Read Story

ECC International Update

The International team at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce (ECC) have had a busy few months. To further position Edinburgh as the UK’s most vibrant and productive city with strong investment potential, the ECC set out an ‘International Strategy’ last year to promote bilateral trade and investment to the city…

Read Story

International Trade Club: an Edinburgh- Shenzhen success story

November saw a delegation of six businesses from Edinburgh travel to Shenzhen for a 4 day trade mission organised by Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, supported by the Edinburgh-Shenzhen Creative Exchange and led by Edinburgh Global Connections, to explore opportunities for Scottish-Chinese collaborations as part of their growing international business strategy.…

Read Story

Edinburgh to host prestigious European cruise event in 2020 for first time

    Capital Cruising has won a bid to host the prestigious Cruise Europe Conference for the first time in Edinburgh next year. The annual three-day event, which will be held in venues across the Capital in March 2020 including a gala dinner in the Museum of Scotland, is the…

Read Story

Engineering industry partnerships at Offshore Europe

Edinburgh College’s International and Engineering teams headed to Aberdeen last month to strengthen industry links, and promote the College’s engineering expertise to potential partners from across Scotland and around the globe. The four-day Offshore Europe event saw Oil and Gas stakeholders gather to discuss technological developments in the industry, local…

Read Story

What can the EDB offer countries launching into a new market?

Bahrain has been on a continuous journey of transformation over the past four decades as it seeks to make the shift from a oil-based economy to a knowledge-based one. With a thriving tech ecosystem, highly-skilled workforce and sitting at the apex of the $1.5 trillion Gulf market, the Kingdom is…

Read Story

Family focus

New mascot and improved family facilities as summer holidays begin. Families heading off on their summer holidays will be greeted by a new Edinburgh Airport mascot as part of improvements to the service offered to families. Edi the Pilot will help guide parents and guardians travelling with children to the…

Read Story

What can the EDB offer countries launching into a new market?

Bahrain has been on a continuous journey of transformation over the past four decades as it seeks to make the shift from a oil-based economy to a knowledge-based one. With a thriving tech ecosystem, highly-skilled workforce and sitting at the apex of the $1.5 trillion Gulf market, the Kingdom is…

Read Story

EICC relaunches free public talks, with EICC Live: Hyperloop, this June

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) relaunches its series of free public talks in June as EICC Live.  The first in the line-up of the recently rebranded series of events examines Hyperloop, a futuristic mass transportation concept attributed to technology entrepreneur Elon Musk which has links to the University of…

Read Story