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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…

Local traders and charities are invited to be part of a huge outdoor market on Port of Aberdeen quayside that will be at the vibrant heart of the spectacular Tall Ships Races extravaganza this July.

Curated on the Quayside will run for four days from Saturday 19 July - Tuesday 22 July, and…

A toolkit to help city centre businesses find grants, training, and help navigating the digital world has been launched today.

The online toolkit has been developed after engagement with local businesses and includes information from a new more comprehensive tool for measuring footfall…

Thousands of pounds are to be made available to local community groups for projects that aim to improve Aberdeen North, South and Central Priority Neighbourhoods.

Aberdeen City Council’s Participatory Budgeting programme, known as UDECIDE, is inviting submissions for individual projects…

Small and medium-sized businesses across Aberdeen are being encouraged to take part in a new programme to help use artificial intelligence (AI). 

An international energy logistics and supply chain solutions company has relocated its Aberdeen office base to a new prime space in prestigious Marischal Square.

Peterson Energy Logistics has moved to the Grade A building, which is the most…

Grants worth more than £49.8million were awarded to organisations by Aberdeen City Council in the last financial year.

The financial support was given to 124 organisations across the city, 138 grant awards were under £25,000, and 23 organisations received grants worth a total value of £100…

As part of a series of planned visits, members of the Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee have been visiting communities and organisations supporting them.  

So far this year, members have been to Aberdeen Cyrenians and Cairncry Community Centre.  

Aberdeen Cyrenians is a…