One of the capital's top hotels has said it could be forced to shut its café due to the "catastrophic" impact repair work on the North Bridge is having on businesses.
The Scotsman Hotel, one of several traders reporting sharp downturns as a result of restricted access along the bridge, said it is "suffering from the poorest pedestrian/place experience in the city" at what would normally be the busiest time of year.
And with work now expected to drag on until 2025 - five years behind schedule - the hotel has told the city council its ‘Grand Café' is threatened with closure as a result, with staff redundancies possible.
