Double lift for office rental market

THE Edinburgh office market received a double boost as two major lets have been revealed in the capital.

Flight search firm Skyscanner has signed a lease on new headquarters that will allow staff numbers to double to 300 over the next two years.

The technology firm will consolidate its current three offices into one at Quartermile One on the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary site.

Shane Corstorphine, chief financial officer, expects the company to add 30 staff this year, bringing the number of Edinburgh-based employees to 180. The new building will become its global headquarters and it will open two further global “hubs” over the next 12 months in addition to its Singapore office, which opened in September.

One of Edinburgh’s other new developments will become home to NHS 24 which has agreed to take up the rest of the available office space at 102 Westport.

In April semiconductor company Broadcom took 6,136 sq ft at Westport.

The firm is relocating 28 staff from St Andrew Square and joins other tenants, Quayle Munro and Sainsbury.