Essential Edinburgh manage the Edinburgh New Town city centre Business Improvement District (BID). The area covered stretches from Charlotte Square to the new St. James Centre. Their offices are at 139 George Street.
Essential Edinburgh was formed on 1 July 2008, and their contract was renewed on 24 May 2018 for five more years based on a business plan for 2018–2023.[1] They are funded by a levy on businesses within the Business Improvement District, which initially they had difficulty in collecting.[2]
In October 2018, they launched a campaign to promote shopping on and around Princes Street and George Street.[3] Events held in George Street have been controversial because of disruptions to do with noise, litter and access. An 80-metre drop tower was cancelled because of complaints from businesses.[4]
In 2012, they opposed Occupy Edinburgh taking over St Andrew Square.
In August 2020, Essential Edinburgh applied for planning to erect a plaque on the Melville Monument. Descendant of Henry Dundas slams this as "biased", "defamatory", and "historically inaccurate".[6]
^Businesses in Edinburgh back city centre improvement, STV, 29 May 2018
^Business district left with shortfall as firms fail to pay, Scotsman, 7 July 2010
^New £1m ad campaigns aims to boost Edinburgh’s city centre, Scotsman, 5 October 2018
^Attraction dropped from Edinburgh’s Christmas programme after noise complaints, Scotsman, 3 October 2018
^History of St Andrew Square, Essential Edinburgh, 2018
^Horne, Marc. "Rewording of Henry Dundas plaque bad history, says Sir Tom Devine".
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Official website
January 01, 1970
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