New job adverts plummet across UK with Aberdeen suffering massive 75% drop

New job adverts plummet across UK with Aberdeen suffering massive 75% drop while London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Reading all see vacancies HALVE compared with last year due to Covid A report found job postings fell by 46% overall in the UK since October last year It noted number of adverts hit lowest point in June, … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon lifts Covid lockdown in Aberdeen after cases spiked in bars and restaurants

Nicola Sturgeon is lifting some of Aberdeen’s lockdown restrictions from midnight, just 18 days after pubs and restaurants were forced to close. Pubs and restaurants were ordered to close after a spike in coronavirus cases were linked to bars and nightlife in the city. Restrictions were placed on travel and visits to other households as … Read more

Pictured: Father, 62, from Aberdeen who was a passenger on ScotRail train

Pictured: Chris Stuchbury, 62, who was killed when a ScotRail passenger train derailed near Stonehaven yesterday A father who was a passenger on the ScotRail train which derailed on a ‘flood-hit’ line in Aberdeenshire yesterday has been named as the third victim of the tragedy. Chris Stuchbury, 62, died alongside train driver Brett McCullough, 45, and conductor Donald … Read more

ScotRail train derails near Aberdeen sparking emergency response

ScotRail train derails near Aberdeen sparking huge emergency response with 30 ambulances and air ambulance racing to remote scene By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 11:43 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 11:55 BST, 12 August 2020 A ScotRail train derailed near Aberdeen this morning sparking a huge emergency response with 30 vehicles and an … Read more

Fury at eight Aberdeen footballers who went on team night out as players test positive for COVID

Eight Aberdeen football players have gone into isolation as two tested positive for Covid-19 after flouting team rules by heading out to a bar at the centre of the city’s outbreak.  Training was cancelled yesterday after one player tested positive for Covid-19 and it was later established a second player had also caught it – … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon admits Scotland’s R rate has gone UP to as high as one after Aberdeen lockdown 

Scotland’s coronavirus infection rate has risen in the wake of an outbreak in Aberdeen, Nicola Sturgeon admitted today. The First Minister said the R-rate for the county had risen to between 0.6 and one, up from between 0.6 and 0.9 and new cases have also been found in Glasgow and the Clyde. A total of … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon could ban PUB CRAWLS in Scotland after Aberdeen coronavirus outbreak

Nicola Sturgeon could ban PUB CRAWLS in Scotland after Aberdeen coronavirus outbreak linked to bars in the Granite City First Minister said government looking at tightening rules after Aberdeen surge Pubs, cafes and restaurants have been ordered to shut by 5pm  Surgeon: ‘Pattern’ of ‘people going from one pub to another in the same night’ … Read more

Aberdeen is put into lockdown: Nicola Sturgeon orders all pubs in the city to close

Aberdeen has been put back into lockdown as pubs were shut and people were banned from travelling in and out. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the restrictions were brought in after 54 new coronavirus cases emerged from packed bars over the weekend. She said 191 contacts have been traced in relation to the cluster, … Read more

Schroders overtakes Standard Life Aberdeen

Schroders overtakes Standard Life Aberdeen to become UK’s largest listed asset manager By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:27 BST, 30 July 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 July 2020 Schroders has overtaken Standard Life Aberdeen to become the UK’s largest listed asset manager.  The business was looking after almost £526billion of investors’ … Read more

Top fund manager Standard Life Aberdeen dumps Boohoo

Top fund manager Standard Life Aberdeen dumps Boohoo as fashion giant reels from sweatshop scandal By Tom Witherow and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 One of Boohoo’s biggest shareholders has dumped almost all its investment in the fashion group over its … Read more