A fresh approach to delivering Edinburgh's Christmas market and hogmanay celebrations has been agreed which the council says will avoid the contract chaos of previous years.
The new model will make more room for negotiations with contractors before deals are finalised.
It comes after the company responsible for organising festive stalls and amusements around the city centre last year was unable to follow through on parts of the agreement - including a commitment to install a zip line on George Street - and walked away with just weeks to go until the winter festival kicked off.
