Edinburgh Council is exploring options to keep the Royal Mile’s tourist information open after its closure was announced by VisitScotland. The organisation plans to shut its 25 ‘iCentres’ across the country due to “significant” changes in the tourism landscape. The Edinburgh branch, located at 249 High Street adjacent to the City Chambers, operates within a leased space provided by the council and shares facilities with its customer hub. It’s winding-up is part of a phased two-year closure...
From an Argos and then hot tub specialist - to now a new Home Decor shop, the latest arrival at the Gracechurch Centre
The brand new Nike Rise store will open its doors in the former Victoria’s Secret unit in Trinity Leeds on Thursday, May 9. Taking over a prime location on the ground floor, the new 10,000 square ft store will have all the best Nike has to offer, including services and classic styles for men, women and kids. It also aims to enhance shopping experiences through innovative digital services. This includes a digitally powered Footwear Fastlane, which shares footwear product stories, benefits and...
Cordatus Real Estate Limited has submitted the application, which has been newly published by Derry City & Strabane District Council. The proposal is for ‘a new shop fit out with reconfiguration of fire escape’ and with a ‘proposed new access with glazed shopfront and double entrance door’. The application states that ‘the works are taking place on the Lisnagelvin Shopping Centre Site in Derry’ and ‘located to the rear side of the shopping centre’ opposite Long’s Supervalu. Proposed elevations...
They showcase the best of what the St Johns Shopping Centre had to offer during the 1990s, a decade when shoppers spent hours looking around the shops for bargains. The photos take you up and down the escalator to put the shops you (prpbably) visited back in the day into focus. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which...
Talk about perfect timing. With Edinburgh set to bask in sunshine this weekend, Scotland’s world champion curling team has swept into action with the launch two new outdoor terraces in the heart of the Capital. Team Mouat has joined forces with the country’s only Scotch Malt Whisky cream liqueur, Magnum, to unveil the new venture at the ever-popular Cold Town House in the Grassmarket. Created especially for the spring and summer social scene, the ‘Magnum Summer Terrace’ on the rooftop of Cold...
An alleged vandal attack has hit over a dozen separate businesses on the same street in Sheffield, leaving owners devastated. Local traders believe a man with a hammer attacked their windows on Sunday morning, leaving a trail of damage and a row of boarded up windows on Glossop Road, Broomhill. It is understood 14 businesses were damaged in total, after what police described as reports of a man ‘damaging shop fronts with a weapon’. Despite the attacks, florist Jonathan Bagge, of Broomhill...
The young girl brandished the knife in a shopping centre on NSW's Central Coast at about 12:30pm on Monday.
A mega-Greggs that is set to be the chain's biggest Edinburgh venue has been given an official opening date. The new bakery and cafe, located at the site of the former Sue Ryder charity shop just off Seafield Road, will be the food-to-go giant’s 21st branch in the Capital. It follows the news that Greggs on Leith Walk is set to close permanently, with some of the staff being relocated to the new venue. Work is currently underway on the new bakery at Seafield Road, where a poster in the window...
Strawberry, vanilla, mint chocolate chip whatever flavour you fancy, and however many scoops you can get down you, Scotland’s capital city and the surrounding area has plenty of incredible spots to get your ice cream fix. Scroll through our picture gallery and discover 10 places in Edinburgh and the Lothians where the ice cream truly is top-notch.
Age UK Sheffield is opening up a new flagship charity shop in Banner Cross, Sheffield, this week. From Thursday, May 2, this new site, at 882 Ecclesall Road, adds to the charity’s existing three sites on Abbeydale Road, in Bradway and in Broomhill. Age UK Sheffield is an independent, local charity that works hard to address poverty, social isolation and loneliness experienced by older people in the city. Any retail proceeds help it to deliver its services. It provides benefit entitlement...
(FOX40.COM) — A new coffee shop is expected to open in Curtis Park later this year. According to the shop's social media account, owner Abdul Aziz has been serving Yemeni coffee at Sacramento farmers' markets for a few years and will now open a location named Qisa Coffee. The shop will be located at the []