Category: Leith

Four Edinburgh restaurants in UK’s Top 100

Four Edinburgh restaurants – two of which are based in Leith – feature prominently in The Sunday Times guide to the Top 100 places to eat in the UK. The influential restaurant guide, which will be published on Sunday, is judged by a panel which icludes top chefs Jamie Oliver, Antonio Carluccio and Nick Jones.

The four Edinburgh restaurants – half of only eight Scottish eateries to feature – to make it into the elite list are Norn, The Gardener’s Cottage, Ondine and Tom Kitchin’s multi-award winning Michelin-starred The Kitchin at Leith’s Commercial Quay.

Norn, on Leith’s Henderson Street (above), is described as a restaurant ‘in the finest tradition of Scottish cooking’, while Ondine on George IV Bridge (below)  earns praised as a ‘first-class fish restaurant with the friendliest Scottish service’.

Brock: John Lewis staff ‘deserve more for their loyalty than a P45’

Jobs blow as John Lewis Bonnington depot to close

Department store John Lewis is to close it’s Leith warehouse, with the loss of up to 78 jobs. The company plans to centralise distribution from it’s delivery hub in Glasgow, where 40 new jobs are to be created.

Commenting on the John Lewis proposals to close the Bonnington Road distribution depot, local MP Deidre Brock said: ““This is a deeply disappointing decision which has come as a bolt out the blue to staff at the Leith depot, many of whom have worked there for decades. They deserve more for their loyalty than a P45.

“The Leith depot is a busy hub and it seems daft to me to send trucks from Glasgow to deliver in Edinburgh when we’ve a perfectly good set-up here. I’ve asked John Lewis for more information on these proposals and stand ready to help where I can.”

The profits and benefits created by the company’s success are shared by all of John Lewis’ partners (i.e staff).

The John Lewis Partnership mission statement reads: ‘The John Lewis Partnership’s reputation is founded on the uniqueness of our ownership structure and our commercial success. Our purpose is ‘the happiness of all our members, through their worthwhile, satisfying employment in a successful business‘, with success measured on our ability to sustain and enhance our position both as an outstanding retailer and as a thriving example of employee ownership. With this in mind, our strategy is based on three interdependent objectives Partners, customers and profit.’

 

Victoria Primary on the move?

A statutory consultation on a proposal to relocate Victoria Primary School to a new building in the Western Harbour and undertake catchment changes in the Western Harbour and North Leith areas of the city has begun. The public consultation period will run until 5pm on Friday 17 March. Continue reading Victoria Primary on the move?

Junction to benefit from Trainspotting 2 auction

The Junction is one of two local charities to benefit from the proceeds of the Trainspotting 2 auction, which will sell memorabilia from the Trainspotting 2 film. The online auction takes place next month to coincide with the film’s US release. Continue reading Junction to benefit from Trainspotting 2 auction

Persevered: Journey’s end for happy Hibees!

Scottish Cup Trophy Tour hits the magic 114 target today!

2016 was a memorable year, with so many events of world importance. It was the remarkable twelve months when the impossible became possible. Brexit. Donald Trump becoming President of the USA. And Hibs winning the Scottish Cup! Continue reading Persevered: Journey’s end for happy Hibees!