Civil servants in Scotland used bank cards to make tens of thousands of purchases, including spending nearly £10,000 on VIP airport services.
Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has launched a revamped website and brand new member portal to deliver maximum value to its 1,200+ members.
The energy price cap is keeping bills artificially high and fuelling inflation, an influential think tank has warned. The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is urging ministers to scrap the cap, arguing that it prevents people from accessing cheaper deals.
First Minister Humza Yousaf has ordered a review of Scottish Government bank-card spending by civil servants. Nearly 60,000 transactions worth £14.2million were made on the procurement cards over a three-year period.
The negative impact on wages and employment from the recent downturn in the North Sea oil and gas industry is spelt out in a new report today. However, the study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirms the area it is still outperforming other parts of Scotland.
The cost of decommissioning UK North Sea oil ands gas installations has ballooned to £40billion. Inflationary pressures and other sectors competing for vessels and services - such as offshore wind - are pushing up the price tag, new figures from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) show.
New energy-efficiency rules could make more than a quarter of Aberdeen's office space obsolete overnight.
Rail campaigners say a major energy scheme getting the go ahead boosts the case for new North-east rail links.