New Shell office puts Aberdeen cafes on high alert as 1,000 potential customers flood in
As 1,000 Shell employees start moving into their new office on Aberdeen’s Union Street this week, local cafes and restaurants are rolling out the red carpet.
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Concern over windfarms joining up
A north anti-windfarm campaigner fears plans to build two farms just miles apart in Caithness will be extended into one large project in the future.
Workers will ‘show the world how it’s done’
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore and Rural Affairs Minister Richard Lochhead travelled to Dounreay yesterday to witness the start of a new regime.
Salmond launches new training academy at Nigg yard
First Minister Alex Salmond launched a training academy at the Nigg oil fabrication yard yesterday, saying it would provide a skilled workforce to power what would become the "beating industrial heart" of the Highlands.
Residents fight against planned ‘ring of steel’
A Ross-shire community has come out fighting against proposals for two new windfarms, claiming they would leave them "totally surrounded" by a ring of steel.
Nigg deal ‘huge boost to Easter Ross’
THE announcement that Global Energy Group has finally secured the purchase of the Nigg yard was widely welcomed by politicians and business leaders yesterday.