With an increase in the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers considered "inevitable", a speaker at a business event in Aberdeen called for the north-east to be get a green freeport to ensure jobs are retained and the transition to low-carbon energy is achieved.
Harding LTD, owners of Siberia Bar & Hotel on Belmont Street in the heart of Aberdeen city centre this week celebrated the purchase of the vacant 4-story unit next door to their current premises, formally owned by sandwich shop Melt.
The waters off the coast of the UK still contain oil and gas reserves equivalent to 15 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), enough to fuel the UK for 30 years.
The chief executive of M&S has called for a radical reform of the business rates system in the UK to prevent total collapse of high streets.