Edinburgh business ensures food donation for homeless after Usher Hall concert cancelled

Managing Director Tom Flockhart said he was delighted that there had been a happy outcome

Homeless people received an unexpected food donation after an Edinburgh business insisted that catering supplies planned for a corporate event that was cancelled because of the coronavirus were not wasted.

Capital Document Solutions, which has its headquarters at McDonald Road, worked with local firm Appetite Events to ensure food lined up for guests attending a Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) concert was donated to homeless charity Crisis.

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Capital Document Solutions Managing Director Tom Flockhart said he was delighted that there had been a happy outcome, helping both the caterers and the charity.

He said: “We have sponsored the RSNO for a long time and we fully accepted their decision to cancel the concert.

“Unfortunately, we had planned to welcome some 50 guests to reception events we were hosting before and at the interval of the concert.

“Rather than see the food being put to waste, we advised our caterers that we would pay them in full and asked them to ensure as much as possible was donated to local homeless shelters to support some of the most vulnerable people at this difficult period.

“We all need to be thinking of each other at this most challenging of times, so we were delighted to see our disappointment at having to miss this concert instead bring some joy to many less fortunate people.”