News & Blog

Read the latest business news, blogs and thought leadership articles from our members, as well as updates on the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce's work in the city.

News & Blog
  • £1.2 Million coach investment spearheads Timberbush Tours’ fleet expansion plans

    £1.2 Million coach investment spearheads Timberbush Tours’ fleet expansion plans

    22nd February 2018

    Timberbush Tours, one of the country’s leading coach tour operators and celebrating 20 Years touring in 2018, has signalled its ambitions for the forthcoming holiday season by investing £1.2million in nine new coaches, which brings the Timberbush fleet up to 23.

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  • Registers of Scotland: Property Market Data and UK HPI user event

    Registers of Scotland: Property Market Data and UK HPI user event

    22nd February 2018

    Register now for the Scottish Property Market Data and UK House Price Index (UK HPI) workshop on Tuesday 13 March 2018. Learn more about Registers of Scotland (RoS) data provision and feedback on recent UK HPI enhancements.

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  • First Bus in Scotland appoints new commercial and engineering staff

    First Bus in Scotland appoints new commercial and engineering staff

    22nd February 2018

    First Scotland has made four additions to its senior team.

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  • BCC comments on labour market statistics

    BCC comments on labour market statistics

    22nd February 2018

    Commenting on the labour market statistics for February 2018, published today by the ONS, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:

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  • Love Golf? Keep in the swing with a golf loyalty card

    Love Golf? Keep in the swing with a golf loyalty card

    22nd February 2018

    For die hard golf fans, who want to keep in the swing of it, Edinburgh Leisure’s new loyalty card for pay and play golf customers, may be just the thing for those who want to keep in the swing of it but without the need for paying for an annual membership fee and earning loyalty points, leading to a free round eventually.

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  • International consumers prepared to pay up to 22% more for British goods

    International consumers prepared to pay up to 22% more for British goods

    22nd February 2018

    As Britain prepares to negotiate fresh trade deals abroad, new global research from Barclays Corporate Banking reveals two fifths (39%) of international consumers would be more inclined to buy a product if it displayed the Union Jack.

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  • BCC comments on David Davis speech

    BCC comments on David Davis speech

    22nd February 2018

    Commenting on David Davis’ speech in Vienna, Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:

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  • Extra carriages for fans going to Scotland v England

    Extra carriages for fans going to Scotland v England

    22nd February 2018

    The ScotRail Alliance will be adding extra carriages to services for rugby fans travelling to Scotland’s sell-out Six Nations home game at the BT Murrayfield Stadium this weekend.

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  • Come and join Leonard Cheshire’s free Employer Workshop

    Come and join Leonard Cheshire’s free Employer Workshop

    22nd February 2018

    We would like to find out more about your experiences of employing disabled people, your challenges and successes and invite you to a free workshop in Edinburgh, on the 14th March.

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  • Farrpoint consolidates Northern expansion with opening of Manchester office

    Farrpoint consolidates Northern expansion with opening of Manchester office

    20th February 2018

    IT, telecoms and infrastructure consultancy FarrPoint has opened a new office in Manchester to support its continued rapid expansion and as a base for its activities across the North of England.

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