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Work has begun to refresh plans aiming to support people experiencing poverty while living in Aberdeen.

The Anti-Poverty Outcome Improvement Group met with external advisers at a workshop on 19 September to begin updating the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP), which sets out plans…

Hundreds of job opportunities will be offered at ABZWorks latest jobs fair next month.

The event, delivered in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, will see employers gather at Aberdeen’s Town House during Challenge…

A Retailers’ Charter is to be adopted in Aberdeen to control the access young people to tobacco and vaping products.  

Councillors from the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee yesterday (Tuesday 5th September) heard of the growing issues in the city of “proxy…

Councillors yesterday (Tuesday 5th September) approved the creation and operation of an Aberdeen City Council Trusted Trader Scheme (ACCTTS) as part of the Home Improvements sector.  

ACCTTS aims to provide a list of local businesses who have agreed to be vetted by Trading Standards…

A variety of sub-contracting opportunities from two multi-million-pound contracts will be showcased at a Meet the Buyer event next week in Aberdeen.

Local businesses are invited to attend the event, hosted by Aberdeen City Council.…

A local award-winning hospitality group was today announced as the preferred operator for the new multi-million-pound Aberdeen market development.

 

Aberdeen City Council has agreed heads of…

Aberdeen and the North East is to be supported by up to £80 million in targeted investment, tax reliefs and other incentives over five years – after becoming one of Scotland’s first two Investment Zones.

The other area selected by the Scottish…

A working group aiming to better understand how to tackle poverty and inequality in Aberdeen will be formed following approval at today’s (21 June) Anti-Poverty and Inequality committee.

The working group will facilitate closer collaboration that will inform and support the Anti-…

The North East Scotland Pension Fund will publish the unaudited Annual Accounts for the financial year 2022/23 on 26 June 2023. 

The accounts provide information which can help the public assess how the Pension Fund has performed during the year and understand its position as at 31 …

Research into skills gaps and recruitment challenges in the North East is to be carried out as part of a programme to support people into work. 

Aberdeen City Council, on behalf of the Local Employability Partnership (LEP), is conducting a…

Councillor Christian Allard (pictured right) was today appointed Co-Leader of Aberdeen City Council following a vote at Urgent Business Committee. 

He replaces Councillor Alex Nicoll, who earlier this month announced that he was standing down from the position. Councillor Nicoll…

Work to replace the roof on the Town House Extension is to start on Monday.

Visitors and staff entering the building, which is Grade A listed by association with the adjacent historic Town House, will continue to have full access as the works will not affect…