New to Edinburgh

New to Edinburgh is a quick guide for services and facilities both within the City of Edinburgh and across the UK. It has links that are particularly useful to those who are new to this city.

In addition to the links below, Your Edinburgh has links to many web sites that cover various aspects of life in Edinburgh.

The following pages provide more specific information:

• employment
• finances
• local information
• transport
• utilities.

Are you a Citizen from the EU8 New Member States?

A leaflet has been produced for citizens from the EU8 new member states. The leaflet is a guide to the wide range of services available in Edinburgh and gives specific information for EU8 nationals living and working in the city. The EU8 countries are Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. This information is available in all the EU8 languages, please contact Interpretation and Translation Services on 0131 242 8181 for more information.

Information for Citizens of the EU8 New Member States (PDF, 196kb)

Council

A-Z directory of Council services
Electoral Register
Council Tax and benefits information service

Emergency services

Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade
Lothian and Borders Police
Scottish Ambulance Service

Useful resources

Edinburgh Central Citizens Advice Bureau
Information in Polish about public services in Scotland

Business and commerce

Business support and advice
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Small Businesses

Moving home

Royal Mail