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
  • Bidding and Tender Specialists Join Homes for Scotland

    Bidding and Tender Specialists Join Homes for Scotland

    8th September 2017

    Scottish based bidding and tender experts, AM Bid Services, is delighted to announce that it has become an Associate Member of Homes for Scotland, the voice of the home building industry in Scotland.

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  • Developing the Young Workforce Edinburgh, Midlothian & East Lothian Release Annual Report

    Developing the Young Workforce Edinburgh, Midlothian & East Lothian Release Annual Report

    8th September 2017

    Edinburgh, Midlothian & East Lothian's Developing the Young Workforce regional group have released their Annual Report for 2016/2017.

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  • Artist Joan Eardley and Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson among latest Recipients of Commemorative Plaque Scheme

    Artist Joan Eardley and Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson among latest Recipients of Commemorative Plaque Scheme

    7th September 2017

    Glasgow-based surgeon Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson, acclaimed artist Joan Eardley and mathematician Mary Sommerville are among the latest recipients to be recognised through the Commemorative Plaque Scheme in Scotland.

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  • Online retailers could boost sales in Scotland by offering free deliveries, finds Barclays

    Online retailers could boost sales in Scotland by offering free deliveries, finds Barclays

    7th September 2017

    Shoppers in Scotland are particularly keen on free deliveries and competitive prices, finds new research by Barclays.

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  • Employability programme reaches record number of students

    Employability programme reaches record number of students

    7th September 2017

    Record numbers of Scottish school children are set to benefit from an award-winning employability skills programme, as Esh Border Construction’s Building My Skills launches for the third academic year.

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  • Update on ScotRail’s Million Pound Giveaway

    Update on ScotRail’s Million Pound Giveaway

    7th September 2017

    Over 80 percent of ScotRail’s free off-peak tickets were snapped up within 5 hours of launching the Million Pound Giveaway.

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  • Countdown to business rates appeal deadline in Scotland

    Countdown to business rates appeal deadline in Scotland

    7th September 2017

    End of September is last chance for businesses to secure a fair and accurate valuation

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  • Expansion Confirmed for Charitable City Centre Hotel

    Expansion Confirmed for Charitable City Centre Hotel

    6th September 2017

    An Edinburgh hotel that puts profits back into advancing surgical standards worldwide to improve patient outcomes is to undergo a major £8.5m 52 room expansion.

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  • SCC Initial Response: Programme for Government

    SCC Initial Response: Programme for Government

    6th September 2017

    The Scottish Chambers of Commerce welcomes the thrust of the Scottish Government’s 2017-18 Programme for Government, and applauds its ambition “to be the inventor and the producer, not just a consumer, of the innovations that will shape the lives of our children and grandchildren.”

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  • Thanks a £million!

    Thanks a £million!

    6th September 2017

    The ScotRail Alliance is giving away £1 million worth of free off-peak tickets to some of Scotland’s top destinations.

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