Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home go into administration

High street chains Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home have collapsed into administration with 866 jobs axed and hundreds more under threat. A total of 64 stores – 56 Edinburgh Woollen Mill and eight Ponden Home – will stay permanently closed.  The remaining 328 EWM and 65 Ponden Home stores will continue to trade, Covid-19 … Read more

High street chains Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home collapse into administration

High street chains Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home collapse into administration with the loss of 866 jobs and closure of 64 stores A total of 64 stores under the Edinburgh Woolen Mill and Ponden Home fascias They will remain permanently closed while remaining stores continue to trade Bosses at EWM’s other brands were granted … Read more

Edinburgh University invests £865,000 in online tutoring service that allegedly helps students CHEAT

Edinburgh University invests £865,000 in notorious online tutoring service that allegedly helps students CHEAT on remote exams by asking online experts question during the test Figures from institution last year show they invested in £11.60-a-month platform  Chegg allows students to send photos of homework to experts who help online  Many believe linked to cheating as … Read more

Edinburgh influencer reveals how to make laundry detergent from CONKERS

Eco influencer reveals how to make your own planet-friendly detergent for free in three simple steps using CONKERS, water and a sieve Josephine Becker shared her useful eco-friendly hack on her Instagram account   She uses three simple steps to create the alternative to shop-bought detergent  Said the conkers mixture does exploit or appropriate soapnuts from … Read more

Edinburgh Festival Fringe bosses say audiences are suffering from ‘digital fatigue’

Bosses of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said audiences are suffering from ‘digital fatigue’ – and said events will not return to normal until 2022. The world famous arts event was cancelled for the first time this summer, but the Fringe Society said venues may not be able to reopen next year if two metre social … Read more

Test and trace Edinburgh: Woman gets ‘creepy’ texts from stranger

A woman has described the moment a ‘creepy’ stranger started messaging her after taking her number from a pub’s track and trace. Toni Drummond, 20, went for an evening out in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a friend last month and wrote her name and number down on card at the entrance to a restaurant. Later in … Read more

Edinburgh Festival Fringe organisers have been given £850,000 in government bailout to save arts

Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have received bailouts worth nearly £850,000 amid a rising crisis for the arts sector as a result of the pandemic.  Underbelly, who have been staging Fringe shows for the last 20 years were awarded £584,751 from the UK Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund. The Pleasance – which first staged shows … Read more

Edinburgh Woollen Mill on brink of collapse with 24,000 jobs at risk

Jaeger and Peacocks owner Edinburgh Woollen Mill is on the brink of collapse putting 24,000 jobs at risk after sales were hit by lockdown Company owned by billionaire Phillip Day is under threat of collapsing It blamed the strict lockdown and new local measures for business drying up If it goes under it will be … Read more

Jaeger and Peacocks owner Edinburgh Woollen Mill on the brink of collapse with 24,000 jobs at risk

Jaeger and Peacocks owner Edinburgh Woollen Mill is on the brink of collapse putting 24,000 jobs at risk after sales were hit by lockdown Company owned by billionaire Phillip Day is under threat of collapsing It blamed the strict lockdown and new local measures for business drying up If it goes under it will be … Read more

Edinburgh University freshers eat meals ‘under exam conditions’

‘It’s like an exam hall!’ Edinburgh University freshers eat their meals on individual wooden desks all facing the front to enforce social distancing A first-year student told MailOnline it was like eating ‘under exam conditions A rigid floor plan in the Pollock Halls dining room appears to stifle conversation Edinburgh University has 154 coronavirus cases among students … Read more