News Archive
This is an archive of news articles from Aberdeen City Council up to 30 November 2021.
Art and culture on show as support grows for outreach programmes
06 March 2017
Paintings and artefacts from the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums travelled to the Prime Four Business Park for a special showcase event. The Kingswells exhibition was staged for Nexen…
Local businesses have until next Friday left to register for hydrogen transport summit
03 March 2017
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire businesses are today urged to sign up to attend an international summit looking at opportunities in the hydrogen industry being held in Aberdeen as they only have until…
Resurfacing works to be carried out to city centre roads
03 March 2017
Three roads in Aberdeen city centre are to have closures for resurfacing works in the run-up to work starting on the £3.2million transformation and improvements to Broad Street into a…
Aberdeen to welcome The Tour Series this May
02 March 2017
Aberdeen will welcome The Tour Series cycling event for the first time this Summer, as Britain’s top professionals race around the city centre on Thursday 25th May, in the event which will be…
Key local businesses support Aberdeen’s future workforce
02 March 2017
More than 20 local businesses have signed up to the Moving On youth recruitment event hosted by Aberdeen City Council. The free event on 30 March will provide a platform for school leavers to…
Latest tranche of street lights to get upgraded
02 March 2017
A total of 1,000 street lights in the north part of the city are being upgraded just now from ‘orange’ lamps to LEDs as part of a rolling seven-year plan. The work is being carried out…
New Creative Funding launched for organisations and individual artists
02 March 2017
Today (Thursday 2 March) sees the launch of Creative Funding Awards from Aberdeen City Council. Creative Funding gives cultural organisations, community groups, charities and individual artists the…
Senior pupils in Aberdeen get #ReadyToVote
01 March 2017
All 12 Aberdeen City Council-run schools have signed up to the Electoral Commission’s #ReadyToVote schools campaign, ahead of the first Scottish Local Government Elections, in which 16 and 17-…
Proposed name for school of excellence agreed
01 March 2017
Members of Aberdeen’s Education and Children’s Services Committee were asked to approve the name for the new multi-million pound complex needs school after a clear favourite was…
New school for Torry gets the green light
01 March 2017
A new primary school for Torry got the go ahead when councillors on Aberdeen City Council’s Education and Children’s Services committee today (Wednesday 1 March) approved plans for the…
Work started today to repair potholes at Torry Battery
28 February 2017
Road repairs at one of the best viewpoints in the city at historic Torry Battery have starting today, a month earlier than planned due to the mild winter. The repairs which include potholes being…
Fishermen’s memorial is another step closer
28 February 2017
A memorial dedicated to the men and women who lived, worked and died in the fishing industry in Aberdeen has taken another step forward. Following a meeting of the Fishermen’s Memorial Working…