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A total of six new traders – and four more to come shortly - have opened on the Granite Mile in the last year thanks to the £195,000 Union Street Empty Shops Grant Scheme, helping to bring the number of vacant units down from 47 to 38.
The Aberdeen City Council scheme has meant about…
Work is well underway on an innovative partnership project aimed at helping Aberdeen’s bees, and other pollinators, thrive and survive.
The Aberdeen B-Lines project is a partnership between Aberdeen City Council and Buglife Scotland, a conservation charity that works to halt the decline of…
One of Scotland’s biggest playparks – which has been designed to cater for all ages of youngsters - is to officially be open tomorrow in Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen.
The huge new £1million attraction includes gigantic towers, a zip line, wheelchair-…
Aberdeen City Council has implemented new digital ways to pay for parking across the city.
From today (22 July 2024) a new virtual (digital) parking permit system has been introduced, allowing the Council to begin the phasing out paper permits.
This means that residents and…
Aberdeen’s Festival of the Sea celebrations continue this weekend with a family-fun weekend in Union Terrace Gardens.
Stories of the Sea, an exciting free weekend, will take place from 11am to 4pm this Saturday and Sunday at Union Terrace Gardens.
Aberdeen City Council…
A grant scheme to help start-up businesses in Aberdeen was launched by Aberdeen City Council today.
Sole traders, partnerships or limited companies who have set up within Aberdeen City Council boundary since 1 January 2024 can apply, with one grant per business permitted. This…
Aberdeen City Council has today, in the context of the ongoing construction works on Union Street and around the New Market development, made a number of changes to traffic priorities in the city centre. …
A huge new £1million playpark which has been designed to cater for all ages of youngsters in Hazlehead Park is to open next week.
The massive new structure – which is the biggest playpark in the city and includes gigantic towers, a huge zip line, wheelchair-accessible trampolines, and many…
bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Limited – the joint venture between bp and Aberdeen City Council – has announced that the final investment decision for its Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub project has been agreed, supporting the region’s energy transition ambitions and its drive to become a leader in lower…
Grants worth up to £3,000 are available through LEAF (Local Environmental Action Fund), a pilot fund aimed at supporting projects which provide community benefits and environmental improvements in local neighbourhoods.
Aberdeen City Council co-leader Councillor Ian Yuill said: “Community…
A clean up of gum and an initiative to reduce gum littering in Aberdeen is to be helped by a grant from the UK-wide Chewing Gum Task Force.
Aberdeen City Council is putting plans in place to remove chewing gum on part of Union Street after receiving £27,500 of funding to tackle the…
A pupil at Northfield Academy is the Scottish winner of Level 2 French of the prestigious Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators 2024.
Over 16,000 pupils in the UK took part in the creative translation competition, which was across four levels in five languages (French, Spanish,…