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Scotland’s businesses can be winners if they compete for procurement contracts
A Calendar of events at Aberdeen City and Shire
Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce is moving to new premises at the gateway to the Energetica corridor to improve the service we offer our members.
Keeping your staff safe overseas
All change at AGM
The Third Sector is a relatively new term for what is often described as the voluntary sector – organisations which provide social or environmental benefit and do not distribute profits.
For the past two decades Jim Brown has worked in some of the most desirable locations in the world with some of the biggest stars.
Aberdeen University’s new principal Professor Ian Diamond believes it is essential that the university has a major impact on, and partnership with, industries not only in the North and North-east but also further afield.
The choice of destinations from Aberdeen Airport is vitally important to the local economy. Not only is it essential to ensure members of the business community reach the places they need to go swiftly and efficiently but limited tourist destinations could impact on the staff they are able to recruit.
A Chamber campaign which will raise awareness about the key transport issues which impact on business and economic development in the North-east will be launched this month.
With the countdown on to what is likely to be a record breaking All-Energy 2010 a leading figure in the renewables industry is urging the North-east to grasp the opportunities the sector is creating.
Have you considered an office team building exercise with a difference - one which may bring gasps of fear, shrieks of exhilaration and at the same time help an exciting youth charity?
George Brand, the Chamber’s Vocational Training Coordinator, joined an illustrious list of city business people when he was admitted as a Burgess of the City of Aberdeen by Lord Provost Peter Stephen at February’s full Aberdeen City Council meeting.
The recent collapse of Globespan which left thousands of customers stranded overseas and tens of thousands losing flights and holidays they had paid for, highlighted not just the fragility of the travel industry but the complexity of safeguarding any bookings made.
Would you throw bundles of £10 notes out with the rubbish, flush them down the drain, or burn them - or would you rather invest the money in your business?
Three local authorities, three Holyrood administrations, 20 years of planning and £90 million of public money. What is this radical proposal that has commanded so much time, investment, scrutiny and debate? A bypass around Scotland’s third largest city.
Whether the kind of contract your company would like to secure is to supply bedding plants and shrubs to a council or for the transportation of human remains from hospital to the mortuary you will find it at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.
The views of Chamber members are playing a vital role in helping shape a new football stadium for Aberdeen which, as well as being a major community sporting asset, will be an important business venue.
Since its formation in 2000 Aberdeen Forward has been on the move. Bulletin looks at how it has grown and the diversity of its projects.
Their operations may be vastly different but there is a common thread which links the overall winners of this year’s Northern Star Business Awards.
Close to one thousand guests gathered at the AECC on September 24 to celebrate some of the brightest and best of North east business at this year’s Northern Star Business Awards 2009.
The AECC is one of the North-east’s continuing success stories playing an increasingly important role in the region’s economy and just as important a role in helping to improve our quality of life through its offering of entertainment
Caledus, a well construction technology company, is proving to be a great example of an Aberdeen headquartered business using expertise and technology developed in the North Sea to conquer new international markets.
In just over a month, the winners of the 2009 Northern Star Business Awards will step on the stage at the AECC to collect their keenly contested trophies.
The Chamber has new faces at the helm following its recent AGM, with a new president and two new vice-presidents. President Colin Crosby outlines his objectives for his term of office.
The North-east's small and micro businesses are being invited to think big when it comes to this year's Northern Star Business Awards.
An Arbroath Smokie fish cake was at the heart of a menu prepared by four amateur chefs who swept away opponents from across the UK in a national television competition.
Craig Watson, new president of Junior Chamber International thinks more people should tune in to the opportunities which the organisation offers.
Stunning new library helps shape future leaders
Is terrorism a threat to your business?
Valerie Watts is determined to transform the image of Aberdeen City Council and have a positive impact on the lives of its citizens.
Why Aberdeen City and Shire is the place to be
The recent challenging road conditions have highlighted the need for employers to ensure that staff who are required to drive are competent to do so in all conditions.
Inverurie is well known for many things – as home of Europe’s biggest livestock market at Thainstone, which is thriving, for its locomotive repair works, long since gone and its more recently departed paper mill.
The Chief Executive of Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has written to the leaders of the five main parties in Scotland to ask them whether they will reinstate Transitional Relief if their party wins an overall majority or forms part of the administration following next year’s Scottish elections or whether they will continue the policy of the current Government.
The UK must not be complacent if it wants to ensure the oil and gas industry remains anchored in the North-east. That is one of the key messages in a survey by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce.
Sports presenter Gabby Logan is to host this year’s Northern Star Business Awards on September 23.
Aberdeen’s two universities are at the heart of research into renewables – an industry which has the potential to help ensure the North-east’s economic prosperity for generations to come.
As a financial year which few want to remember fades into the distance there are optimistic signs of growth in the year ahead – but in a significantly changed business environment.
It is now almost exactly four years since Donald J. Trump emerged from his black Boeing 727 at Aberdeen airport to reveal details of his proposals to build “the greatest golf course in the world” on the Menie Estate at Balmedie.
One of the clearest examples of the power of the internet was the way in which Susan Boyle was propelled from her “mundane and routine” life in Blackburn, West Lothian, to overnight international stardom and millionaire status. More than 120 million viewers watched her “Britain’s Got Talent” rendition of I Dreamed a Dream on You Tube and she has now achieved the ultimate accolade of a mention on The Simpsons.
In a few days time North-east curler Jackie Lockhart will step on the ice in Vancouver to compete for a remarkable fourth time in the Winter Olympics.
The London Olympics offers huge potential for businesses across the country and could provide a stepping stone for Scottish companies to capitalise on the opportunities created by the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
It is no surprise to those who live there, but Aberdeenshire residents enjoy the best quality of life in Scotland, according to a new survey.
The 11th Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce Oil and Gas Survey can help guide the way forward to a prosperous industry, according to sponsors McGrigors.
A steering group of community and business representatives has been formed by ACSEF (Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future) as the public-private partnership progresses its plans to create a new civic heart for Aberdeen’s city centre.
Even before reaching the offices at the Active Renewable Energy Centre in Tullos, Aberdeen, you have crossed over technology which helps make it one of the most energy efficient developments in the UK.
The Life Sciences sector has been identified as one of the four pillars of the North-east’s future economy, and scientists and academics are at the cutting edge of research into some of the world’s most challenging health issues. Bulletin finds out about new research into one of the world’s biggest epidemics – obesity.
Within a year of its introduction Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce’s state of the art document certification system to help members export their goods has become a major success.
With the cold wind of recession blowing through the economy the sensible course of action may appear to be to batten down the hatches and hope to emerge unscathed when it passes.
It is now a year since Tom Smith took over the helm of Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future with the pledge that he would not be chairman of a “talking shop.”
Aberdeenshire chefs demonstrated how local produce can shine in STV's Taste the Nation. We asked two of our members who have epicurean leanings to share a favourite recipe with us.
From salmon to Singapore and shortbread to South America, the produce of North-east Scotland's larder is finding favour around the world.
It seems an unlikely proposition at first - winning new sales, attracting customers, and increasing profits all without spending any of the limited cash which many companies have access to today.
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