The Building Safety Act 2022 in England introduced powers to impose a levy on certain new residential buildings. Subsequently, a consultation was carried out last year, with results published recently on how that might work.
VSA, the social care charity supporting the people of Aberdeen and North-east Scotland, is inviting local choirs to participate in the established ‘Sing Sing Sing’ competition. Local choirs interested in taking part in this spirit-lifting event are invited to join the VSA team at the launch information day this Sunday, February 18 at VSA’s Broomhill Activity Centre from 6pm.
The Aberdeen Christmas Village was a massive hit with visitors with almost 90% rating the latest festive attraction as excellent or good – and 96% saying they want to see it come back this year.
Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, as industrial coal-to-gas switching gathers pace in China and South Asian and South-east Asian countries use more LNG to support their economic growth, according to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2024.
VisitAberdeenshire is continuing to encourage North-east residents to explore Aberdeen city this spring, with its latest ‘Make a day of it’ promotion.
Lamborghini factory and former champ, Scot Sandy Mitchell, will return to the British GT Championship in 2024. The 23-year-old from Forfar will again play a key role in the two-car assault by Barwell Motorsport.
The annual Royal Northern Spring Show held in conjunction with Aberdeen and Northern Marts has today announced the judge and confirmed entries for the upcoming show and sale of Exhibition Cattle. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 28 at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie with exhibitors and spectators set to attend the first major event in the agricultural calendar.
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced its 2024 TechX start-up cohort. The TechX Clean Energy Accelerator, now in its sixth year, will welcome 12 high potential start-ups to the programme which commences in February.
The UK fell into recession at the end of 2023 after the economy shrank by 0.3% in the final three months of the year, official figures show.
Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon into space, US intelligence indicates, in what was described as a “serious national security threat”.
Here are the business stories making the headlines across the UK this morning.
Surging Asian demand for gas means the world will miss its climate targets despite Western countries spending billions on the shift to net zero, data in a report from Shell suggests.