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Jenny Dawe

10 articles, sorted by name / date

Sculpture workshop awarded multimillion prize »

A £3 million Arts Funding Prize has been awarded to the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) by the Scottish Community Foundation. The multimillion donation was funded by an anonymous donor and, after two years of planning and competition, ESW was...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Rosalind Brown | Read more »

Council consults public over major cuts »

An audience of over 120 people met with City leaders to discuss the financial future of Edinburgh, after the release of proposed Scottish budget cuts. The City summit, based at The Scotsman’s headquarters, discussed the Council’s proposal ...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Natasha Dua | Read more »

Scottish Government confirm £84m regeneration of city's waterfront »

Leith Docks

Plans to regenerate the city’s waterfront through a pioneering financial system have been announced by Edinburgh City Council and the Scottish Government. Under the scheme, money generated from the Edinburgh Waterfront project, which will s...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Rebecca Low | Read more »

Council braces for drastic budget cuts »

Council braces for drastic budget cuts

Vital services are expected to suffer as Edinburgh Council faces budget cuts of £90 million over the next three years. To achieve the £90m savings, a 10 percent reduction in support costs across all services will be required, with 4 percen...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Alison Fulford | Read more »

MSP claims trams cost could top £750 million »

Trams

Lothian MSP Shirley Anne Somerville has demanded answers from Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE) following claims that the cost of the project exceed the original budget by £250m and take two years longer than planned. However, claims that th...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by John Hislop | Read more »

Farrell aims parting shot at council bossess »

Sir Terry Farrell, the recently departed 'Design Champion' to Edinburgh City Council, left on a sour note after he roundly criticised officials. In a keynote address made at the City Chambers, Sir Terry struck out at the "impoverished" city-making cul...

Wed 30 Sep 2009 by Eloise Nutbrown | Read more »

BAA push ahead with Edinburgh airport expansion »

Edinburgh’s Airport owners BAA have announced that they will continue with ambitious expansion plans despite concerns that they may be forced to sell off the site entirely. BAA, who currently also own Glasgow and Aberdeen airports in Scotland, w...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by David Stevenson | Read more »

Trams face further delay after contractor fall out »

Tramwork

Edinburgh's tram project suffered a major setback last week following the announcement that the start of infrastructure work on Princes Street would be delayed after a fall-out between tram bosses and contractors. City leaders and Transports Initiativ...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Ministers ignore Post Office protests »

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Local politicians in Edinburgh have criticised the decision to shut eleven local post office branches, including the popular Warrender Park Road branch at the centre of a campaign against the closures. The announcement came at the end of a six week con...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Tram chaos forces council u-turn »

Edinburgh City council has been forced to find new solutions to the mounting pressure placed upon the city’s traffic network by the construction of tramlines. A meeting was held on 6 October to establish the main grievances and work towards findi...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Lyndsey Cameron | Read more »

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