7 April 2011

Aberdeenshire Council’s Infrastructure Service is celebrating success after being shortlisted for five Scottish Transport Awards.

29 March 2011

Five local projects from across the region will go ahead thanks to the Rural Aberdeenshire Local Action Group (LAG) with a combined funding commitment from LEADER of over £300,000 towards total costs of £1.4million.

8 March 2011

Aberdeenshire Council's Local Transport Strategy is currently under review and we are looking for your views on what the future transport priorities should be in Aberdeenshire.

24 February 2011

New figures show that people in Aberdeenshire are feeling safer than at any time over the last three years.

23 February 2011

The wider consultation period is now open on 'A Guide To Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in Aberdeenshire 2011-2015'

18 February 2011

Twelve new LEADER projects have been approved by the Rural Aberdeenshire Local Action Group (LAG), bringing the total number of projects now approved to 102 with total funds committed to date of over £3.3million.

2 February 2011

Delivering services in the face of constrained public spending and rising expectations remains a challenge for Aberdeenshire. The local community, social enterprises, rural partnerships and the wider third sector are important partners in meeting these challenges. They have a proven track record of providing quality, cost effective solutions through innovative business practices and successfully unlocking hidden assets of local knowledge and resource normally overlooked in the conventional marketplace.

19th January 2011

Grampian Police and Aberdeenshire Council have joined forces to create a shared service point in Westhill, allowing members of the public to access help and advice from both organisations in a single location.

And the joint working that saw the creation of Westhill Service Point, on Old Skene Street, will be brought into focus when the venue hosts the launch of the new Aberdeenshire Community Plan today.

7 January 2011

High life expectancy rates, high earnings and good school results – it’s no wonder Aberdeenshire residents enjoy the best quality of life in Scotland.

For the second year running the area came out top amongst the country’s 32 local authority areas in the Bank of Scotland’s annual Quality of Life Survey, which highlighted the area as having some of the healthiest and most well-off residents.

15th December 2010

As the winter weather continues to grip Grampian, and threatens to return with a vengeance at the end of the week, emergency services and local authorities have been working hard to deal with the challenges ice and snow and plummeting temperatures can cause.

Temperatures reached as low as minus 23 Degrees Celsius in Tillyfourie, Aberdeenshire during the last fortnight and the Met Office forecasts more snow for Grampian at the end of the week.