BELEAGUERED Edinburgh shops that have suffered from the tramworks and bad weather are hoping to cash in on festival footfall by enticing tourists with the country's first mass late-opening scheme.
BELEAGUERED Edinburgh shops that have suffered from the tramworks and bad weather are hoping to cash in on festival footfall by enticing tourists with the country's first mass late-opening scheme.
FRINGE BENEFITS: Colourful characters are vying for the attention of festival-goers on the streets of Edinburgh. Pictures: Gordon Terris
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BRIAN DONNELLY
As the festival season got fully under way yesterday, the capital is opening up more than 100 stores to claw back some of the £5 million they claim to have lost because of work on the planned trams network and the recent damp weather.
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