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Floating business park helps turn port’s tide

By Andrew Bolger, Scotland Correspondent

Published: January 8 2008 01:44 | Last updated: January 8 2008 01:44

The development of Edinburgh’s port of Leith as a hub for creative industries has taken a further step forward with the opening of another contemporary floating office.

Barge 1502 is the third vessel to be opened by Water of Leith 2000, a development company that is creating a floating business park in the basin of the river that runs through the Scottish capital. The first two barges are occupied by an advertising agency and branding specialists.

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