Shopping

Edinburgh International Festival HQ, The Hub on the Royal Mile, presents itself as an alternative venue for couples looking to tie the knot.

Over 600 independent retailers, restaurants and businesses in the Leith area are being invited to enter a competition, ‘Leith Shop Idol’, for the title of ‘Most Improved’ wi

Professor Peter Higgs whose theory about the existence of an elusive particle – or boson – came in a moment of inspiration while walking in the Cairngorms in 1964, has been named the

A beautiful setting in which to showcase the best in local design and making! Prints, textiles, jewellery and more- all quality, local and handmade.

Enjoy a Christmas that won’t cost the earth.

The Real Scottish Christmas Fair brings together Scottish makers, designers & traders from across the country.

Shoppers of the world are being asked to put down their carrier bags on what is traditionally one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, put up their feet and/or do something fun and free for the  annual Buy Nothing Day.

Looking for unique Christmas gifts this year?

Friends of the Earth Scotland is holding a Craft Fair on Saturday 12 November 2011. 

LovePets Scotland 2011, the national Scottish show for pet lovers, makes its debut at the Royal Highland Centre on 3-4 September 2011, following the success of LovePets Peterborough in 2010.

The major Scottish showcase for gardening and outdoors lifestyles returns as we enter the Summer months. Gardening Scotland brings together experts, designers, and exhibitors to help people to grow their own, from sewing seeds to nurturing your plants, to picking your produce at the optimum time.

The Meadows Festival is an annual, free community festival, that has been running since 1974, with sporting activities, local bands, stalls and family entertainment held on the West Meadows by Melv

Good times down on Leith Links as the Leith Festival Gala Day - the highlight of the festival - takes place on Leith Links.

Over 160,000 visitors are expected to attend the four-day annual trade show for those involved in the farming, food, and countryside sectors. Huge numbers of different classes of pigs, cows, horses, and other livestock are on parade as well as farm machinery and locally grown produce. There's also a broad range of events for the lay person, with culinary demos in the Food Hall being one of the big draws.

Love and war converge at Edinburgh castle for a wedding open day. This event will give prospective brides and grooms a look at the potential of the castle, which recently underwent  £360,000 refurbishment, as a venue for their wedding. Includes complementary entrance to the castle.

 Friends of the Earth Scotland Craft Fair. Come along to our craft fair on Friday 25 & Saturday 26 March at Augustine United Church in Edinburgh. Entry is free!

Edinburgh City Council's controversial renovation of the Assembly Rooms on George Street has received a funding boost in the form a £441,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

The winners of this year's Edinburgh Lord Provost Fair Trade Awards were revealed at a fair trade brunch earlier today.

Amazon is to create 950 jobs across two Scottish sites: 750 jobs at a fulfilment centre in Dunfermline, and an additional 200 posts at its existing fulfilment facility in Gourock, which packs and ship items for Amazon customers. The company is also expected to create a further 1,500 temporary jobs during peak periods.

EdinburghGuide recently received a copy of "The Hungover Cookbook" by Milton Crawford. An interesting quirk is that the title on the spine is spelt differently on the front of the book - "Hungoevr Coobkook" - which gives some indication of the author's state of mind as he researched his subject matter.

Susan Boyle, the spinster from Blackburn in West Lothian, has been catapulted into the record books again as her new album The Gift goes to number one on the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic.