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May 3, 2022

The Times – Aberdeen weathers storm but stiff challenges remain

Aberdeen’s economy is forecast to grow faster than any Scottish city this year, outstripping Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The Centre for Economics and Business Research has predicted a 1.7 per cent rise in employment — the equivalent of 3,100 more people in work.

Such positivity encourages Nicoll to confess to being the rarest of creatures in a city that clings to its post-Presbyterian dourness like a barnacle on a North Sea trawler. “I am an Aberdonian who believes the glass is half full, not half empty,” he says.

“We have a highly skilled workforce and companies that are hugely innovative. We are ideally placed to harness the renewable energy revolution. It will lead to a new era for the city and I’m really optimistic about it.”

Time will tell whether this thrawn maritime city will hold steady or veer off on a new course as it holds its breath and awaits the arrival of a green energy bonanza.

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