Assessing Our Contribution FORT KINNAIRD: A REVIEW Welcome Key stats For shoppers, cinema-goers Fort Kinnaird offers a great and retailers, Fort Kinnaird is shopping, dining and leisure a place with customers and experience, just off the A1 community at its heart. in Edinburgh. Providing 2,000 Jobs In my time here, I’ve witnessed It is home to some of the best directly at Fort Kinnaird Fort Kinnaird become the lifestyle known brands in the UK such as destination it is today. Along with Primark, Boots, Pizza Express our partners, we have introduced and Odeon Cinema. important training opportunities The centre is well connected for staff 3,200+ People such as our Recruitment & Skills and visitors, and provides a great Centre, which is now an integral place for people to come together. helped into work since 2013 through part of Fort Kinnaird and the local the on-site Recruitment & Skills We’re delighted to publish this community. review exploring our social, Centre, working with local partners I’m always so proud to assist the economic and environmental retailers of the future, to develop contributions, informed by a their skills and support them in study carried out by independent their chosen career path. economics consultancy, Regeneris. £53m Contribution to Edinburgh’s economy annually, Liam Smith Gross Value Added (GVA) Centre Director at Fort Kinnaird 4 • FORT KINNAIRD: OUR HISTORY FORT KINNAIRD: A REVIEW • 5
As partners in the community, we are Fort Kinnaird: committed to ensuring Fort Kinnaird is a great place to be. From 2014-2017, 2018 we invested over £17m in improvements Flagship Schuh and Our History and are continuing to work to update Schuh Kids opens and develop our centre. Refit of new Currys PC World store, including digital screen façade, 2005 becoming the region’s 2014 flagship store British Land Opening of new stores including: begins managing Glasgow hosts the 2016 • Wagamama Fort Kinnaird Commonwealth Games Oak Furniture Land • Pure Gym Opening of new opens new store • TAPI Carpets stores including: • Office • Pizza Express Claire’s Accessories Refurbishment • Caffè Nero receives a refit 1989 of shop fronts for: • Ed’s Easy Diner • Carphone Warehouse • TGI Fridays Centre opens to public • Vision Express • TK Maxx • Beaverbrooks • Frankie & Benny’s • Perfume Shop
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2004 2015 2017 Leisure extension Flagship JD Sports The Scottish completed, featuring: opens alongside: Parliament building • Primark • Wilko at Holyrood opens 2013 • Specsavers • Starbucks • Nando’s • Waterstones Recruitment & Skills • Five Guys Refit of shops including: Centre opens its doors • 7 screen Odeon Cinema for the first time • The Perfume Shop • Vision Express Andy Murray wins Wimbledon • Pizza Hut KEY TO TIMELINE
UK-wide Fort Kinnaird 6 • SUPPORTING JOBS AND THE ECONOMY AT FORT KINNAIRD FORT KINNAIRD: A REVIEW • 7 Supporting Jobs and the
Economy at Fort Kinnaird Almost 1 in 5 jobs in the UK are in retail Recognising the important role retail plays in people’s careers and employability, British Land introduced its Bright Lights skills Providing and employment programme at Fort Kinnaird, helping people of all ages to develop their 2,000 jobs potential and grow through apprenticeships, £53m work experience, graduate schemes and more. directly at Fort Kinnaird £53 million contribution to Edinburgh’s economy each year, Gross 28 apprentices Value Added (GVA), with contributions across Scotland of £91 million learning whilst earning at Fort Kinnaird in 2017, developing their skills The retail for the future £7.2 million business rates sector were paid by Fort Kinnaird 1 retail job in 20 to the City of Edinburgh and 1 job in every 200 in Council in 2017, equalling accounts Edinburgh is supported 2% of their total business by Fort Kinnaird rates collected for 1/3 The Recruitment & Skills Centre (RSC) works alongside local partners at 100% Bright 1p in every £3 Fort Kinnaird to support employers’ Lights success of UK in Edinburgh’s economy is recruitment and staff development all 12 participants on generated by Fort Kinnaird, needs, and to help jobseekers gain the 2017 Bright Lights 1p equating to 1p in every £25 turnover employment. Since 2013, the RSC Starting Out in Retail and in Scotland’s economy has assisted over 3,200 people into Hospitality programme employment and has supported the secured employment training of over 2,100 people.
“We have found an “Since joining the team at Fort Kinnaird, I have excellent support developed a lot of new skills. When I left school I was through the unsure of what to do. However, the time I have spent recruitment here has given me excellent experience and a view process. This is to the career path I want to take in the future.” how it should
Apprentice at Fort Kinnaird be done.”
M&S, retailer at Fort Kinnaird 8 • THE FORT KINNAIRD COMMUNITY FORT KINNAIRD: A REVIEW • 9
“I have been overwhelmed with The Fort Kinnaird how the children have responded to the project. Children previously disillusioned with reading are now Community engaged, motivated and enthusiastic about reading. For our children, having the opportunity to choose 1,200+ local people and own their own book allows them to see the power of the written benefited from community and skills initiatives in 2017, such as our Young Readers word and we have also seen an Programme with the National Literacy Trust improvement in their written work and Bright Lights Starting Out in Retail and too as a result! Liam and his team Hospitality training with Fort Kinnaird shops, have been amazing.” restaurants, cafés and cinema Head teacher at participating school
£159,000+ invested “We are so grateful to into the community since 2015 through cash contributions, time volunteered by staff and Liam and his team at in kind donations Fort Kinnaird for choosing to name us £99,000+ raised as their charity of the through fundraising year and we are for charitable causes at Fort Kinnaird since looking forward to 2010, thanks to the generosity of our visitors and centre team working together.” Richmond’s Hope charity
It is important for the team at Fort from local primary schools to Kinnaird and British Land to connect nurture a love of reading and improve with our communities. their literacy skills. We’re proud to have worked with over 1,200 local From hosting literacy events to schoolchildren since 2012. facilitating fundraising, celebrating local heritage to investing back into We’re delighted that the events held the community, Fort Kinnaird is a at Fort Kinnaird are supported by our place with people at its heart. occupiers and retailers. Our award winning Young Readers Programme with the National Literacy Trust is helping children 10 • GREAT PLACES: FORT KINNAIRD FORT KINNAIRD: A REVIEW • 11
“We love it here – Great Places: great shops with a feeling of community.” Fort Kinnaird Clarks, retailer at Fort Kinnaird
100% dementia “Approachable, 14.3 million visitors friendly trained friendly and always in 2017, average of 275,000 centre team, building a safe going out of their way visits weekly and welcoming environment to ensure we have for all visitors, especially everything we need.” those who may be vulnerable Odeon Cinema, at Fort Kinnaird BREEAM Very Good 4.6/5 visitor rating sustainability rating for the centre team and store for our new cinema, reflecting 4.6 staff, and 4.5/5 for safety, our strong performance on security and cleanliness, “Friendly and helpful team on efficiency, wellbeing and reflecting visitor satisfaction other sustainability criteria site and a great atmosphere within the centre. The staff are very approachable, forward 97% waste diverted Recognising the best people thinking and innovative. from landfill in the industry, Liam Smith in 2017, with a total of 177 I would encourage retailers to tonnes of waste managed was awarded the Shopping join the team here and help since 2015 Centre Manager of the Year at develop the centre, it’s one of the 2016 and 2017 SCEPTRE the best places I’ve worked.” Awards for his community 120 tonnes re-used Primark, retailer and recycled work and commitment to at Fort Kinnaird since 2015, recycling 68% Fort Kinnaird’s development. of waste, with residual waste sent for incineration (with energy recovery)
Our staff work hard to ensure and providing dementia-friendly Fort Kinnaird is a great place to be training, we are committed to creating and we are delighted our visitors a place that makes a difference to rate the centre team and store people’s everyday lives. staff 4.6 out of 5. We are continuing to update and From transforming our public spaces, improve the centre, and look forward improving our environmental efficiency to welcoming every one of our visitors. Find out more or get in touch
Fort Kinnaird British Land
Liam Smith Rebecca Burns Centre Director 020 7467 2966 0131 669 9090 [email protected] – – Fort Kinnaird British Land 32 Fleming House York House Newcraighall 45 Seymour Street Edinburgh London EH15 3RD W1H 7LX – – www.fortkinnaird.com www.britishland.com @FortKinnaird @BritishLandPLC
Fort Kinnaird is managed by British Land, one of the UK’s leading placemakers.
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Recruitment Thank you to the Joined up for & Skills Centre Business Partnership and other local partners, who make the 0131 657 2674 Recruitment & Skills Centre such – a success, including Business 31 Fleming House Gateway, Capital City Partnership, Fort Kinnaird City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh Cyrenians, Department for Work EH15 3RD and Pensions (Jobcentre Plus), – East Lothian Council, East Lothian www.rscfortkinnaird.co.uk Works, Midlothian Council and @RSCFortKinnaird Skills Development Scotland.
For Regeneris’ full methodology on the Fort Kinnaird economic contributions, please visit: http://www.britishland.com/sustainabilityreport All information presented in this review is correct as of February 2018.