Council budgets £43k to win global trade for city
Aberdeen council bosses are looking for new business opportunities in Asia, Africa and South America as they try to boost the city’s reputation on the world stage.
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Campaigners seek judicial review over council’s fracking decision
Anti-fracking campaigners have applied for judicial review of a council’s decision to allow the controversial gas extraction technique beneath North Yorkshire.
Video: Aberdeen City Council leader believes North Sea has “bright future”
Aberdeen City Council leader Jenny Laing has said she believes the North Sea oil and gas industry will continue to have a "bright future" despite the continued decline in oil price.
Sir Ian Wood to lead taskforce to safeguard future of oil capital
Sir Ian Wood is to lead a major new taskforce being set up to safeguard the future of the north-east economy and land a multibillion-pound City Deal for the region. The offshore industry doyen has accepted an invitation to head up the area’s new “Economic Leadership Board”. It will drive forward the north-east’s bid to secure a £2.9billion City Deal package from the UK and Scottish governments – and lead efforts to anchor oil and gas sector skills in the region for decades to come. The new board will succeed Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future (Acsef), and will also feature other leading figures from the oil and gas, food and drink, life sciences and tourism industries, as well as representatives from the local authorities and the universities.