CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "£1m to lure shoppers to tramworks-hit Edinburgh" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "£1m to lure shoppers to tramworks-hit Edinburgh" en Fri, 22 May 2026 02:16:01 +0000 kaputnik on ""£1m to lure shoppers to tramworks-hit Edinburgh"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9718#post-104917 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:08:03 +0000 kaputnik 104917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You have to hand it to Essential Edinburgh, they sure know how to get a lot of funding and spend it on absolutely nothing worthwhile at all. </p> steveo on ""£1m to lure shoppers to tramworks-hit Edinburgh"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9718#post-104902 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:03:56 +0000 steveo 104902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe they can just go down the old fashioned route of handing out fivers to everyone who gets off the Tram on Princes Street. By the time they're running inflation should leave that fiver at about the value of a bottle of coke. </p> chdot on ""£1m to lure shoppers to tramworks-hit Edinburgh"" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9718#post-104900 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:59:08 +0000 chdot 104900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could have put this in the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=871094503">Tram Latest thread</a>. </p> <p>But deserves its own. </p> <p>"</p> <p>A £1 MILLION war-chest to repair Edinburgh’s tramworks-battered reputation is being readied, the Evening News can reveal.</p> <p>The seven-figure-sum will bankroll a marketing campaign designed to lure people back to the city centre – after five years of disruption.</p> <p>Those behind the promotional blitz claim it is the biggest ever seen in the Capital and one that will effectively “relaunch” the city centre, driving footfall and shoppers back.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/1m-to-lure-shoppers-to-tramworks-hit-edinburgh-1-2842830" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/1m-to-lure-shoppers-to-tramworks-hit-edinburgh-1-2842830</a></p> <p>Wonder if any money will pay for 'free parking after 5:00' (again). </p> <p>Maybe there will be leaflets showing where the cycle parking is. </p>