EDINBURGH Printmakers are planning a new creative industries hub as part of an £11 million capital development project at Castle Mill Works in Fountainbridge.

As the project enters its final fundraising drive to secure the remaining £1m needed to transform the iconic site, Edinburgh’s creative industries received welcome news of the intention to include a dedicated business incubator in the redevelopment plans.

Included as part of a successful regeneration bid, it is anticipated the new hub will house an estimated 50 creative industry workers within 15 incubator units.

CEO Sarah Price said: “The Castle Mill Works and Edinburgh Printmakers would provide world-class production facilities for practitioners, and each year expects to attract an estimated 30,000-plus visitors to exhibitions and engage 4300 participants in interpretation and learning activities.”

Councillor Richard Lewis, convener of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Sport Committee, said: “It has the potential to transform the Castle Mill Works and provide a real boost to the arts in Edinburgh.”