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n SURGEONS’ HALL, EDINBURGH
The conference, events and hotel team behind one of Scotland’s most august institutions has landed a sought-after business award. Staff at Surgeons’ Hall were crowned Edinburgh’s Best Performing Business at the city’s prestigious annual Chamber of Commerce awards. In 2015 the team achieved a series of major milestones, including the launch of the Prince Philip Building, the opening of Café 1505, which enjoyed a successful run as a Fringe venue and the delivery of its biggest ever conference, for 550 delegates.
n VERDANT WORK’S HIGH MILL, DUNDEE A recently renovated mill in Dundee hosted the Dundee & Angus Tourism Conference. The Verdant Work’s High Mill was the setting for a gathering aimed at highlighting the ways in which businesses in the area can make the most of what the region has to offer. The mill is an almost 200-year-old A-listed building and was restored thanks to a £2.9m project by Dundee Heritage Trust.
n ABERDEEN EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE CENTRE
Global construction consultancy Turner & Townsend is to play a key role in programme managing a development which includes the building of the £333m Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The 105,000sqm complex, due to be completed in time for the Offshore Europe Conference in 2019, will include a 9,000sqm 12,500-capacity arena, which has the flexibility to double up as an exhibition hall.
n GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL The construction of the new purpose-built rehearsal and recording facility for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) and a new 600 seat music venue for Glasgow was completed in October. Designed by Glasgow City Council’s in-house team of architects and led by Kerr Robertson, who was responsible for city projects such as the refurbishment of much lauded Glasgow’s City Halls, and world-renowned acoustic specialists ARUP, the new home for Scotland’s national symphony orchestra now provides a “world
n CALTON, GLASGOW
The Glasgow Barras is in line for a £30m transformation after Glasgow Council said it wanted to create an arts and events quarter in the city. Along with the Barrowlands, a renowned music venue in its own right, two new venues nearby have been earmarked for expansion; Barras Art and Design and St Luke’s. Other proposals include a new Barras Museum and Heritage Centre, art-related public projects such as street art or installations and the creation of Barrowland Square, where the work of renowned artist Jim Lambie may be moved.
class” venue for the Orchestra, increased scope and flexibility for the organisation’s education and learning programmes, and a new mid-sized auditorium for the city’s music programme.
n ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH Edinburgh will host a new digital festival this year, after London-based Riverside Studios was named as the
successful bidder to operate the Assembly Rooms. Riverside’s artistic director, Bill Burdett-Coutts, who ran the iconic venue for 30 years until 2012, said: “The world of arts and entertainment is increasingly working with digital technology. It will fit as a positive new event in the midst of all the other festivals in August and, in due course, our ambition will be to work with a whole range of partners in the city.”
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