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A pilot project which will strengthen the resilience of local businesses in Aberdeen city centre through an autumn events programme including the development of a business toolkit has been agreed.

The £100,000 for the Vibrant & Sustainable City Centre Pilot which will …

Significant updates on two major city centre improvement projects – a new urban park and streetscape works to the Castlegate – have been agreed today by Aberdeen City Council.

Detailed and technical design along with the negotiation and execution of contracts for delivery of the…

An exciting programme of events including ticketed music concerts with nationally and internationally recognised headline acts is to take place as part of the Tall Ships festival in Aberdeen next year.

A large outdoor event space adjacent to the harbour’s quaysides including a stage…

SQA exam results released today (Tuesday 6 August) revealed that a total of 22,644 presentations were made across Aberdeen City schools in 2024.

The results showed that not only were more pupils presented for SQA Awards (National 5, Higher and Advanced…

Aberdeen’s beautiful parks and green spaces ‘rose’ to the occasion today when judges from the prestigious Beautiful Scotland competition toured around the city as part of their deliberations.

The visit was started by judges Liz Stewart and Gregor McGillivray at the community…

Residents in Aberdeen are today (Thursday 1 August) being invited to stand and represent their communities in forthcoming Community Council elections.

The city-wide elections which take place every three years will this year be held on 3 October.

Unions representing members within waste and recycling; and environmental services are planning to take industrial action in a national dispute over pay, which is likely to affect operations at a number of local authorities across Scotland in the coming weeks.   

Unions Unite and…

Visitors and locals alike have taken part in a series of events and activities to celebrate Aberdeen’s maritime heritage and future.  

Festival of the Sea was a two-week celebration that took place from 15-28 July that explored Aberdeen’s relationship with the sea and coastline…

Expressions of interest are being encouraged to appoint a new tenant operator for Aberdeen’s historic Glover House.

Located in Bridge of Don, the Category B Listed granite building has long been associated with Fraserburgh-born Thomas Blake Glover (1838-1911), described as the founding…

A set of colourful and informative hoarding panels are being installed from today as part of works upgrading a section of Aberdeen’s main thoroughfare of Union Street - the biggest change to the street since it was built more than 200 years ago.

The construction works to the Union Street…

Utility diversion works as part of the project constructing a new beach playpark and events park with supporting blue badge parking are to start on Links Road beside its junction with Cotton Street.

The works at Links Road start on Monday 29 July when a section of Links Road from Cotton…

The UK’s leading independent midstream operator has relocated its Aberdeen team to a new prime office in prestigious Marischal Square from a city-outskirts location.

North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) has moved to the Grade A building, which is the most…