Aberdeen is today (Thursday, October 20) celebrating multiple wins including the top prize as Best City, in the annual Beautiful Scotland awards ceremony yesterday in which the city was recognised for its fantastic horticulture and outstanding green spaces.
The British Chambers of Commerce has called on the Conservative Party to urgently restore political and economic stability following the resignation of Liz Truss.
A new stadium at Aberdeen beach is projected to inject at least £1billion into the local economy over the next 50 years and generate footfall of 38 million.
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is delivering £3.25million of funding for local and national charities in 2022. As part of this initiative, the insurer has donated £1.92million to local charities through its Agency Giving Fund.
Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank said office take-up in Aberdeen was on track to double last year’s total.
Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Inflation will hit 15% next year if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt scraps the energy price cap and leaves millions of families exposed to a surge in bills, economists have warned.
The person tasked with mopping up the mess left behind by Liz Truss will need to show they can unite the Conservative party and enact legislation — or an early general election would be foisted upon them by the King.
Boris Johnson is privately urging Conservative MPs to back him for a dramatic return to Downing Street with a pledge that only he can win the Tories the next election.
The new Prime Minister is likely to delay the announcement of plans to fill a £40billion black hole in the public finances, The Times reports today.