The print­ing works of Thomas Nel­son & Sons at Hope Park Cres­cent was destroyed by fire on the night of 10 April 1878. The firm were allowed to set up tem­po­rary works on the Mead­ows which their new fac­to­ry at Park­side was being built. Columns at the east end of Melville Dri­ve were erect­ed by […]

On 28 Decem­ber 1804 Alexan­der Kei­th John­ston, of the Edin­burgh map-print­­ing firm, W & A K John­ston, was born.

On 19 Decem­ber 1904 the Scots­man and the Edin­burgh Evening Dis­patch moved from Cock­burn Street to new­ly built premis­es on North Bridge, now the Scots­man Hotel.

Patrick Neill found­ed the com­pa­ny which was to become Neill & Co on 7 Decem­ber 1749 in Edin­burgh. It occu­pied premis­es in Old Fish­mar­ket Close off the High Street for many years.

The Edin­burgh sta­tionery and print­ing firm of George Water­ston & Sons was estab­lished on 6 Decem­ber 1752. Orig­i­nal­ly seal­ing wax man­u­fac­tur­ers, the com­pa­ny soon moved into sta­tionery production .