A North-east hotel is leading the charge to encourage more young people to consider the hospitality sector as a genuine career path. Aberdeen’s country house in the city, Macdonald Norwood Hall recently appointed Katrina Wardrop as general manager. She is testament to the company’s strong commitment to developing its own people, having progressed from pastry chef to executive chef, then moved into operations and now to general manager.
CRC Evans, a leading provider of welding and coating services, has significantly expanded its apprentice program underpinning the commitment to developing the next generation of professionals to support the energy industry. The business has worked hard to develop its Apprenticeship Scheme to ensure its apprentices receive the best hands-on training.
Aberdeen based entertainment giants Codona’s have now completed a £1.4 million refurbishment at their site at the beach. The works include a complete renovation of their ten pin bowling lanes, upgrade to their bar and pool area, including a new ‘street food’ offering, brand new AR Darts (Augmented Reality) and a complete ‘face-lift’ to the exterior of their beachfront buildings.
Iconic Bricks Dinosaur Trail will be a two-week event from October 12-27 that will see an exciting new free family-fun trail located throughout the city centre with free parking available in two city centre car parks.
Aberdeen’s popular Laila Turkish Cuisine has joined forces with Northsound 1 to offer an exclusive, limited-time deal for food lovers in the area.
Older people should take a new vaccine to protect them against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) according to new research from the University of Aberdeen and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research.
Business leaders across the North-east of Scotland have welcomed the new the Great British Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen has officially been named the new home of Great British Energy, drawing on the city’s world-leading engineering expertise to kickstart a UK-wide clean energy revolution.
Aberdeen has now been confirmed as the headquarters for Great British Energy - so focus will now turn to what it will do to accelerate the energy transition.
Kate Forbes has said Scotland can become a “global contender” in the race to capture the economic opportunities from growth in green and sustainable financial services.
Interest rates will continue to be brought down slowly even as inflation comes under control - but are unlikely to return to the near-zero rates of the previous decade.
The only bank in the Aberdeenshire village of New Deer has been reprieved from closure, for the time being anyway.