In just under three years, businesses across Edinburgh have experienced a “perfect storm” of knockbacks, with the end of the pandemic only bringing new challenges as the cost of living crisis arrived in the UK.
Since the beginning of 2022, a wave of companies, shops and hospitality venues have been forced to close their doors, with many others speaking out on the severe struggles they have faced which have had an unprecedented impact.
Seeing rents, energy prices and the cost of supplies soaring in a short space of time, an investigation by Edinburgh Live found that those that have survived are still dealing with serious concerns for the future.
