60 SECONDS Name: Daniel Holler & Henry Sabin Company Name: Thirlestane Media Web: www.thirlestanemedia.com Q In five words or less, what do you do? A Digital solutions to business problems.
Q How long have you been a Chamber member? A We have been members of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce for 2 months now.
Q What services do you use? A We use many of the services, but the legal templates and mentorship program have been particularly helpful.
Q What’s the best business/benefit you have won through the Chamber? A The greatest benefit for us has been a large increase in local clients we met through networking events.
Q Are there any additional services or information you’d be particularly interested in? A We’re already beyond satisfied with the services currently available!
Daniel & Henry
Q Why did you join?
Q If you were telling another business person about the Chamber, what’s the first thing you would say?
A We joined the chamber for the networking opportunities as well as for the mentorship program.
A We would say that the Chamber ofcommerce is the best way to get in touch with other businesses and build real connections.
GET WITH IT Julian Slater
Scottish Business Technology Writer of the Year
smart city also enables local organisations to thrive.
One centred on delivering a digitally-enabled - read super-connected - proactive service improving the wellbeing of business and the wider society.
This latest agreement follows CGI extending its work with the council last September to facilitate online transactions and significantly improve bandwidth speeds available to schools.
From a commercial perspective, cities need to constantly innovate or else they will fail to attract new workers and companies and a
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A We read our copy on the Chamber of Commerce website.
By Bill Magee
The 5-year Smart City partnership between Edinburgh Council and CGI signals a new technological era for the Capital.
Otherwise known as “intelligent” or “wired” cities, smart means using a wide range of information and communications technology (ICT) applications to promote both the working and living environments while reducing costs and overuse of resources generally.
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Business districts are better managed through co-ordinating services and deliveries, retail is optimised to increase shoppers’ footfall producing more revenues in the process plus the logistics behind increasingly popular home deliveries are more efficient.
Timing is everything and a smart city with green buildings and climate change solutions is the way to go. Scottish Development International points to the Scottish Cities Alliance, where millions of pounds is being invested to make the design and architecture smarter as part of an ambitious programme for decarbonisation.
Edinburgh is experiencing both an acceleration and transformation of the delivery of city services and urban spaces by utilising data, apps and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. This is in harmony with Scotland introducing new building performance standards plus supporting substantial investments in low carbon heat and energy efficiency to decarbonise the nation’s building stock. The end product is Edinburgh a smart and environmentally focused city. A Capital fit for the 21st Century and beyond.
