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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…

Updates on several major building projects across Aberdeen were today agreed at a City Council committee including for three new primary schools, turfing in Union Terrace Gardens, the South College Street Junction Improvements, the…

Two of Aberdeen’s most popular annual events – Spectra festival of light and the Christmas Village – are to go out to tender for operators.

 

Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources…

Local charity Cfine has distributed the equivalent of 120,000 meals to 68 community food members across the city as well as providing 300 free memberships for community pantries through the cost of living funding, members of the Council’s Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee heard today.…

A series of short-term employability projects are to be launched in Aberdeen as part of a programme of work to trial new services in the city.

 

The pilot projects, delivered by Aberdeen City…

The organisers behind Spectra, Scotland’s festival of light, are urging local businesses to complete a survey following the end of this year’s festival. 

Aberdeen City Council are gathering feedback from visitors and local businesses to evaluate the success of the event and inform…