Aberdeen office demand picks up
An Aberdeen property professional has called the bottom of the market after demand for offices in the Granite city grew strongly in the second half of 2016.
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Aberdeen to host inaugural international summit on hydrogen power
Aberdeen will be host to an inaugural international summit on hydrogen power next month.
Subsea 2017: Rocksalt – Friends launch firm from the ashes of Harkand
"It came from a good idea in a room one night."
Increasing number of oil workers turning to food banks
An increasing number of former oil workers are bring forced to turn to food banks, because of redundancy.
Business rates: Rise will ‘cripple hospitality industry’
A leading hotelier has warned huge increases in business rates will “cripple” the hospitality industry as pressure mounts for action to ease the burden.
Rate rises will cost jobs, says North Sea firm
Bosses at a struggling small engineering firm have warned a failure to halt “daylight robbery” business rate rises will cost people their jobs.
Scots firm Rubberatkins supplies space parts
A Scottish firm is flying high after supplying specialist parts for the next generation of space-going communications satellites.
Decom series: North Sea ports wage decommissioning ‘Phoney War’
Energy Voice began its decommissioning series in October by raising the prospect of a “turf war” in the North Sea over the next 30 years.
A number of helicopters remain out of service as S-92 safety check deadline passes for North Sea flights
Checks on S-92 have still to be completed after a deadline of midday passed following a global recall of the Sikorsky helicopters.
Reliance “risk” on S-92 helicopters previously raised by North Sea bosses
Super Pumas have been grounded since April 2016 after a fatal helicopter crash killed 13 people.
Exclusive: Centrica to cut 90 positions from its European operations including Aberdeen, Morecambe Bay
Centrica has cut 90 jobs from across its European operations.
Video: The impact of industrial relations in 2016
The challenges of the lower for longer oil price led to the first industrial action in a generation in 2016.
Opinion: Innovation, diversification and transformation
Innovation, diversification and transformation are three words which I make no apologies for repeating. All will be the bedrock upon which Aberdeen’s future is built.
Oil capital suffers biggest fall in UK house values
Aberdeen is the biggest faller in a leading lender’s review of UK house prices in 2016.
Schlumberger plans to bring back “as much talent as possible” as incentivised leave deadline looms
Schlumberger said it hopes to bring back "as much talent as possible" as a deadline looms for employees who were given an incentivised leave of absence scheme.
Life After Oil: Worker uses job loss to take up MBA, creates new firm
For Colin McIntyre striking out on his own after losing his job was “quite scary” with the uncertainty of a monthly pay check.
Countdown begins for union and OCA to reach pay and conditions deal
Union members have gone into official dispute with employers in a move which could lead to a vote on industrial action.
Flybe launches three daily round trips from Aberdeen to Heathrow
Regional airline Flybe will go head to head with British Airways (BA) on the Aberdeen to London Heathrow route next year.
Life After Oil: Melt woman overcomes “fear factor” to cook-up profit
When Mechelle Clark was made redundant from two jobs in just a six month period she could never have dreamed less than a year later she would be running a successful business.
Big drop brings oil capital’s house prices closer to norm
Property: City average of £172,870 compares to price in country of £143,131
Rising oil price could reinvigorate Aberdeen hospitality sector
A rising oil and gas price and increased focus on technology and innovation could bring about a gradual turnaround for Aberdeen’s hospitality sector, according to an industry expert.
We can’t lose another generation like the 80s, says Dudley
The oil industry must have an open dialogue with young people to avoid repeating the mistakes of the 80s, when a generation of innovators was lost, according to BP’s chief executive.
Total’s former warehouse facilities on the market
A former warehouse facility owned by French energy giant Total has gone on the market in Aberdeen.
Cost to taxpayer of bungled Aberdeen solar deal could rise above £500k
A bungled Aberdeen City Council deal to fix solar panels to public buildings could end up costing taxpayers more than £500,000.
Council chiefs left with six-figure bill after solar panel switch off
Aberdeen City Council has been left with a bill of more than £250,000 after having to switch off all its solar panels for health and safety reasons.