City Of Edinburgh Council

Newly appointed chair Julie Ashworth has selected 12 Edinburgh individuals to form the city's first Visitor Levy Advisory Forum. Bringing experience from the third sector to academia, the hotels industry to local communities, the forum met for the first time to receive a briefing on the Edinburgh Vi

The value of goods and services produced in Edinburgh per head of population has surpassed London’s for the first time, according to economic data recently published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A cruise ship levy could help to ensure residents benefit from Edinburgh’s popularity as a cruise ship stop.

Julie Ashworth, who is a non-executive director for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), has been appointed to lead the new forum to advise the City of Edinburgh Council on all matters related to establishing Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy and its ongoing performance. A recruit

Hundreds of buildings have been brought back into use and over £10 million has been raised for council services thanks to new tax-raising powers adopted by the City of Edinburgh Council.

The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) is set to deliberate on a proposed £29 million savings programme for the 2025/26 financial year, aimed at balancing its £900 million budget.

Councillors have formally agreed to introduce Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy scheme.

Ahead of today’s meeting of City of Edinburgh Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has joined the chorus of industry warnings regarding the operability of the council’s plans for a tourist tax. It will also be put t

Aberdeen City Council is developing plans for a Visitor Levy.

Edinburgh councillors are a week away from potentially approving Scotland's first Visitor Levy, a scheme aimed at raising up to £50 million annually through a 5% charge in addition to the cost of overnight accommodation.

A 7,000-home neighbourhood including two schools, a hotel and commercial, retail & community facilities to the western fringe of Edinburgh has been granted planning consent in principle.

Capital-based businesses are being encouraged to take part in Edinburgh’s visitor levy consultation before it closes on 15 December. Speaking to industry representatives at an ETAG business briefing on Tuesday (12 November) to gather views on the city’s levy scheme, council leader Cammy

A "punishing" regulatory framework for Edinburgh’s self-catering sector will cost jobs and do nothing to resolve the city's housing crisis, a trade association has warned after a new study found further reductions in short-term lets could cost Edinburgh's economy £57 million.

Capital residents, businesses and visitors are being invited to have their say on the final plans to raise over £100 million by 2030 from tourism to support the city of Edinburgh. Launching immediately after the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 came into force – which grants Scottish cou

Edinburgh has taken a step closer to becoming the first city in the UK to implement a city-wide Visitor Levy, with councillors approving key details of the draft scheme.