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Chinese owner of Edinburgh-based Skyscanner plans to open a call centre in the city creating up to 200 jobs

October 23, 2017 | City Talk

The Chinese owner of Edinburgh-based travel search site Skyscanner plans to open a call centre in the city, creating up to 200 jobs over the next few years. Ctrip is the second largest online travel agent in the world and the largest in China. Founded in 1999 by James Liang, Neil Shen, Min Fan and [...]
Australian financial services company to create 300 jobs in Edinburgh with global technology centre

October 11, 2017 | City Talk

Beginning life with some clever software on a computer in a kitchen table in the suburbs of Melbourne in the late 1970s, Computershare has since grown to employ 16,000 people and serve 125 million customers around the world. Despite this astronomical growth, the company has never lost its ‘start up’ culture of pushing the boundaries [...]
Space technology specialist Astrosat tackling humanitarian issues on earth

October 9, 2017 | City Talk

Space technology specialist Astrosat is using satellite data to diagnose and predict problems on earth. The company, based in Musselburgh, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, has recently returned from the US having participated in the high-profile Armstrong Space Symposium at The Ohio State University. “Our business is bringing space down to Earth. At Astrosat we [...]
Deloitte bolsters digital offer with acquisition of design consultancy Market Gravity

October 4, 2017 | City Talk

Global professional services firm Deloitte has bolstered its digital offering in Scotland with the purchase of Edinburgh-based design consultancy Market Gravity. Deloitte currently has three offices across Scotland, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. The firm employs around 600 people, with 32 partners and 56 directors among them, providing a full range of services to businesses [...]
New government hub to create centre of excellence for public services for 2,900 civil servants

September 21, 2017 | City Talk

In July this year, the UK Government announced it had selected Edinburgh’s New Waverley as the centrepiece of a new HMRC HQ function, bringing 2,900 civil service jobs into the historic heart of the city’s Old Town. The new development, adjacent to Waverley Railway Station, will deliver grade-A offices to be occupied by civil servants [...]
New Queensferry Crossing creating a catalyst for investment

September 13, 2017 | City Talk

The royal opening of the Queensferry Crossing, signalled the successful culmination of the biggest infrastructure project in Scotland for a generation. Exactly 53 years since Her Majesty opened the adjacent Forth Road Bridge, The Queen officially cut the ribbon to open the £1.35bn Queensferry Crossing on Monday 4 September 2017. World-class engineering The new iconic [...]
Global professional services firm EY grows its UK footprint with Edinburgh expansion

August 30, 2017 | City Talk

Professional services firm EY is expanding its presence in Edinburgh by taking 32,000 sqft. in the prestigious Atria development. EY is the largest professional services firm in Scotland, employing 1,000 people across four offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. In total, there are 34 partners in Scotland, 15 of them working in the financial [...]
Chinese online mobile games developer Chengdu Skymoons Technology opens Edinburgh Studio

August 23, 2017 | City Talk

Chinese online mobile games developer Chengdu Skymoons Technology has moved into its new permanent home within the technology incubator CodeBase after opening a studio in Edinburgh, its first in the west. Skymoons is a premier developer and publisher of online games for smart phone and tablet devices. Established in Chengdu in May 2014, Skymoons is [...]
Edinburgh Airport signs ground-breaking Beijing partnership amid £80m expansion

August 21, 2017 | City Talk

Edinburgh Airport has signed a ground-breaking partnership agreement with Beijing Capital International Airport, whilst also beginning work on an £80m expansion. Edinburgh Airport, Scotland’s largest carried 12.3m passengers in 2016 and is on track to surpass that record-breaking year in 2017. Since being sold to infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners in 2012, it has grown [...]
DAC Group has acquired Edinburgh-based digital marketing specialist Ambergreen

August 15, 2017 | City Talk

Edinburgh based Ambergreen has joined forces with one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies in North America. When Canadian digital media agency DAC Group was exploring growth opportunities in Europe, Edinburgh-based digital marketing specialist Ambergreen was a natural fit. "DAC is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and has about 400 people across 16 offices,” explains [...]

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