An interview with founder of new and upcoming brand ‘Tuesday’
“If you’ve got an idea do it, otherwise you’ll kick yourself in three years’ time when someone else does” – Tuesday on her new brand ‘Tuesday.’ I meet Tuesday in…
The Hunt for the Best Pumpkin Spice Latte
With the weather getting colder, leaves turning orange, and days getting shorter, the changing of the seasons officially justifies an excuse for the first pumpkin spice latte (PSL) of the…
The University launches £1 million climate change fund
Ahead of COP26, the University has launched a climate change fund in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland for Scottish firms and businesses. The scheme aims to “empower Scottish…
Is Evergrande a timebomb of the next global financial crisis?
During the week of the 20th September, there was a massive sell-off in the stock market worldwide after Evergrande, the second largest Chinese property developer, was exposed to be at…
In conversation with Freddie Blackett of Patch Plants
The Student sat down with Freddie Blackett, an Edinburgh grad and founder of Patch Plants, to talk about how to come up with a killer business idea, the madness of…
Small business, big heart
Valentine’s Day, a blooming business opportunity for university students The year is 2021. Romance is dead. We are all locked in our homes. And the country’s professional artists have all…
Pushing the Envelope: China moves on Hong Kong
Two key things made international headlines after China’s National People’s Congress that ended on May 28th. Firstly, for the first time since the tradition began in 1994, the Prime Minister…
Building a brand: an interview with Jessica Anderton
Graduating from uni is a scary prospect, involving many of us in denial that our time will come. Deciding the ‘next step’ seems to suggest that we suddenly need to…