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Posted at 10:54 AM Read More
Mon - July 16, 2007
Putting Energy Institute in Glasgow utterly illogical
The news that Glasgow is likely to be the Scottish
centre for the UK Government's proposed Energy Technologies Institute is
completely illogical. It is like establishing an institute of crofting research
in Swindon, or putting a financial services institute in Barra.
Posted at 10:39 AM Read More
Mon - July 2, 2007
Credit where it is due? North Sea oil 'airbrushed out of history'.
Some of us in Aberdeen City and Shire wonder
whether people in London and the Home Counties ever bother to stop and think
what it was that built our current strong economy? Do they ever wonder where
most of this country's energy comes from? There seems to be an extraordinary
lack of awareness. And it is not just today, but as Andrew Marr pointed out in
his excellent history of modern Britain programme on BBC TV, the North Sea oil
and gas story seems to have been airbrushed out of past history.
Posted at 11:12 AM Read More
Fri - June 29, 2007
Delay for the Aberdeen by-pass is a disappointment
The announcement by the Minister for Transport,
Stewart Stevenson, that the completion of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route
(AWPR) would not now be until 2012 is extremely disappointing. But it is not
surprising.
Posted at 11:21 AM Read More
Wed - June 27, 2007
Controversy about Scottish Prime Ministers
I simply cannot understand this controversy about
Scottish Prime Ministers, which seems to have been whipped up at the time of
Gordon Brown's elevation to the Premiership.
Posted at 10:21 AM Read More
Tue - June 26, 2007
Time to express your opinion on Trump International Golf Links
The £1 billion Trump International Golf Links
Scotland plan for Menie Park, just north of Aberdeen, goes before Aberdeenshire
Councillors in a few weeks time. So now is the chance to have your say on
whether it should be approved - and you can do so in just a few seconds
online!
Posted at 04:41 PM Read More
Remember summer 2007?
Do you remember summer 2007? Wasn't it great? Long
hot days of constant sunshine.
Posted at 09:26 AM Read More
Sat - June 9, 2007
What ever happened to the Scottish strawberry?
Remember when Scottish strawberries were a
mouth-watering taste of the best soft fruit in the world? Now, if you buy them
in supermarkets strawberries are tasteless and unexciting. Why?
Posted at 01:56 PM Read More
Thu - May 31, 2007
Don't lose Trump opportunity over SNH
The SNH objection to Donald Trump's proposed Trump
International Golf Links must not be allowed to stop the £1 billion
development. As Aberdeen City and Shire looks to build on its role as a global
centre for energy, what better boost could we have for our economy than the best
golf complex in the world?
Posted at 10:22 AM Read More
Wed - May 30, 2007
Don't lets have a north/south battle
The suggestions (probably mischievous) that the
Scottish Government is planning to ditch the massively expensive plans for trams
and a rail link to Edinburgh Airport in favour of dualling the A9 road to
Inverness have been orchestrated to try and create conflict. The schemes should
be looked at on their merit.
Posted at 10:39 AM Read More
Thu - May 17, 2007
Teenage deputy provost for Aberdeen stirs comment
The news that Aberdeen is to have a teenager as
deputy Lord Provost and that two other councillors in their early 20s will take
control of powerful committees on Aberdeen City Council has produced a froth of
coverage in the media.
Posted at 01:44 PM Read More
Sat - May 5, 2007
The people have spoken. Don't defy their will.
As Scotland looks forward to the appointment of a
new Government, following one of the most exciting election battles for years,
the Lib Dem spokesman this morning took a swipe at the SNP. Basically he was
sounding remarkably like Gordon Brown, in effect saying that they wouldn't work
with anyone who wanted independence.
Posted at 11:41 AM Read More
Thu - May 3, 2007
Politicians need to focus on sustaining, not milking, the oil and gas
industry
The UK North Sea oil and gas industry, which is
predominantly controlled and operated out of Aberdeen, provides the UK with 75%
of its prime energy needs. By 2020 it is estimated that figure will rise to a
staggering 80%. It also sustains something like 400,000 jobs in the UK.
Posted at 03:07 PM Read More
Thu - April 26, 2007
Get out and vote!
Whatever way you look at it, the elections in a few
days time on Thursday, May 3 have to be the
most potentially momentous
for years. As such, it is important that
everyone who has a vote exercises their right and has a say in the make up of
the next Scottish Parliament and in Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire Council.
Posted at 10:05 AM Read More
Wed - April 25, 2007
E&M closure is sad news for Aberdeen
The news that Esslemont & Macintosh is to close
with the loss of more than 100 jobs is sad news for Aberdeen. E&Ms has been
a local institution for more than a century and was Aberdeen's last remaining
department store with real local roots - albeit that it had been bought out of
local ownership by Owen & Owen, only for that company to crash into
administration.
Posted at 09:55 AM Read More
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Published On: Aug 01, 2007 10:54 AM
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