Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned that only continued EU membership would keep investment flowing into the struggling North Sea oil and gas sector on a visit to Aberdeen on Saturday.
The massive programme of regeneration underway in the city will reaffirm Aberdeen’s position as Scotland’s ‘northern powerhouse’ and help mitigate the effects of the North Sea crisis.
Cabinet secretary for the economy Keith Brown has said an independent Scotland could be more "proactive" in helping the struggling North Sea oil and gas industry.
Former students at Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University affected by the oil and gas downturn are being given support from the "alma mater" to help find their next jobs.
Credit rating agency Moody’s has published figures showing mortgage arrears in Aberdeen running at double the UK average rate following the oil price slump.
There are not too many people who would turn their back on a highly paid contractor role with an oil and gas operator to launch a new business from a converted chicken shed.
Harkand Group, the oilfield services and inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) company has gone bust with the loss of 171 jobs in London and Aberdeen.
At a time when much of the oil & gas industry is slashing costs, Aberdeen’s Balmoral Group is investing £20million in an ultra-deepwater test facility.
The SNP’s flagship scheme to help redundant oil and gas workers retrain as teachers has been branded “little more than a publicity stunt” amid reports that jobseekers are being turned away.