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Shepherd and Wedderburn, the largest Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, has committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and signed the Edinburgh Climate Compact. The firm, which has been at the forefront of innovation in the clean energy sector for almost three decades, has adopted an enhanced sustainability strategy, underpinned by a ‘route map’ focused on reducing its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Reporting Standard. Shepherd and Wedderburn has also joined a number of leading private and public sector organisations in signing up to a series of decarbonisation commitments as part of the Edinburgh Climate Compact to support the city’s ambition to reach net zero by 2030. Other signatories include NatWest Group, NHS Lothian, Robertson Group, The City of Edinburgh Council, The University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Shepherd and Wedderburn is the first professional services firm to ha
Now the hunt is on for his replacement
The chairman of the body that co-ordinates the Edinburgh Fringe is to step down at the end of next month.
Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea has been on the board of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society for 12 years. He served two full terms as chair and was due to stand aside last year, but agreed to stay on because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The society is now hunting for a new chair, initially to serve for four years. Applications for the job - which is unpaid - close on March 1.
Shona McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said: ‘In a period of great uncertainty, Sir Tim O’Shea has been a figure of strength and stability for the Fringe Society, and I am incredibly grateful that he agreed to extend his tenure in the wake of these extraordinary times.
Live comedy industry urges government to insure major events
Key players in the comedy industry have called on the government to insure the biggest festivals for 2021 so planning can get under way.
The Live Comedy Association, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and Brighton Komedia are among the signatories to a letter to Rishi Sunak asking to underwrite the risk of planning for this year’s events.
Commercial insurers will not offer affordable policies to event organisers as the risk of them not taking place because of Covid are too high, even with vaccines coming into play.
So the live performance industry is calling for the Government to offer that safety net so that work can start on events now without the risk of heavy losses hanging over them.
More than a dozen MPs and over 100 event industry executives have signed a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, copying in prime minister Boris Johnson, calling for him to implement a Government-backed insurance scheme for festival, live music and events or face them disappearing from our fields and cities for good.
The letter, written by DCMS Committee chair Julian Knight MP, follows the 5 January opening hearing of the Committee’s inquiry into the future of UK music festivals, during which festival operators emphasised the urgent need for Government support.
At a crucial point in festival planning schedules, MPs warn that organisers and investors are unable to risk repeating losses sustained in 2020 unless events can be insured against cancellation.