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Free Numeracy Champion training is being made available to local employers, the third sector and community organisations, to support adults to overcome barriers to improving their numeracy skills, Aberdeen City Council announced today (24 March 2025).
ABZWorks, the Council’s Employability…
Jobseekers in Aberdeen will have an opportunity to meet local employers looking to fill vacancies at a Jobs Fair, from 10am until 3pm on Thursday 27 March, at the Beach Ballroom.
ABZWorks, Aberdeen City Council’s Employability and Skills service, has organised the free-to-attend event, in…
A ‘Team Aberdeen’ of academics, students and energy business experts joined Aberdeen City Council representatives this week at the world’s premier energy conference in Houston.
The Aberdeen delegation at the CERAWeek Conference comprised representatives from the Council, including…
Lucky shoppers are set for two-weeks of free goods in city centre shops, stores and eateries starting next Monday (10 March).
Freebie Fortnight, which runs until 23 March, sees participating businesses in the city centre, including food, retail and beauty, offering goods or services up to…
Voting opens today (Monday 17 February) for people, young and older, living in Aberdeen’s Priority Neighbourhood Areas (North, South and Central) to select the projects they think are best suited to meet their community needs.
Aberdeen City Council’s Participatory Budgeting programme…
Local small and medium-sized businesses can now apply to take part in a new city centre promotion designed to drive more people into the area – Freebie Fortnight.
The promotion will run next month in co-ordination with local retail and hospitality businesses to boost city centre footfall,…
Today (Friday 14 February) marks an exciting milestone as the first turf is cut for a state-of-the-art standalone nursery on the Ferryhill School site in Aberdeen.
The new nursery is Phase 1 in a two-phase project which is part of Aberdeen City Council’s wider suitability improvement…
Three projects including an event to boost to city centre footfall, further targeting of the Love Local Card, and trips for cruise ship visitors including a seabird safari with potential dolphin spotting are to take place in the next few months.
Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and…
A public consultation for a potential visitor levy scheme in Aberdeen which would raise revenue to be used for improvements for the visitor economy in the city has been agreed.
Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee today approved the move which would see the scheme charge…
A giant slinky, an inflatable castle, a huge neon colouring wall and a high-powered light beam sharing a morse code message with the universe, were just some of the illuminated exhibits on display as thousands of visitors from across Scotland and the UK took to the streets of Aberdeen to…
Aberdeen City Council, in partnership with Aberdeen Grampian Chamber of Commerce, is offering free tailored training sessions to help to city centre businesses.
The sessions take place on Monday 10 and Tuesday 18 February and cover business resilience and building long-term strategic…
Aberdeen City Council is offering a one-time grant of £500 to individual local businesses that want to show their support for Spectra – Scotland’s Festival of Light – when it returns to the city next week.
Spectra, runs from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 February and will see Aberdeen city centre…