Confidence is not in abundance across Scotland’s hospitality industry at present. With businesses weighed down by heavy costs, concerned over fragile consumer confidence, and braced for a ...

Springford opened his first property, the Apex Grassmarket Hotel, in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, in 1996. Vickers said: “Following strong trading last year, we have set out a path for ...

One of the oldest parts of Edinburgh, the Grassmarket is a vast square beneath the south side of Edinburgh Castle where merchants used to gather to sell their livestock. Cowgate, the street that ...