Man took a three-hour train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen for a date only to be STOOD UP

Man who took a three-hour train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen for his first date in two years only to be STOOD UP goes viral as he shares his journey on TikTok Craig Moffat, 21, made the 120-mile trip from Edinburgh to Aberdeen for a date Mr Moffat, who has been single for two years, arrived … Read more

Vowel play! Standard Life Aberdeen mocked as it drops ‘e’ to be Abrdn

Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has become the latest firm derided over an ill-judged name change. The asset manager, which invests more than £500billion on behalf of savers, governments and insurers, announced it was to be called Abrdn. For the avoidance of doubt, the firm pointed out that its new moniker would still be pronounced ‘Aberdeen’. … Read more

Student, 19, is banned from Aberdeen University’s union for saying ‘Rule Britannia’

Student, 19, is banned from Aberdeen University’s union for two weeks after saying ‘Rule Britannia’ during a debate on the British Army Elizabeth Heverin said ‘Rule, Britannia,’ during a debate at Aberdeen University Debate was discussing presence of British Army recruiters on university campus She was banned from all student union buildings and debates for … Read more

Standard Life Aberdeen cuts dividend by a third

Standard Life Aberdeen cuts dividend by a third as customers continue to pull money out of its funds By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 Crisis: Standard Life Aberdeen’s Edinburgh HQ Standard Life Aberdeen has slashed its dividend by a third after … Read more

British Airways Heathrow to Aberdeen flight diverts to Manchester after ‘mid-air emergency’

British Airways flight declares emergency in mid-air on way from Heathrow to Aberdeen and is forced to divert to Manchester British Airways flight due to land at Aberdeen shortly before 12pm this afternoon But radar websites show the flight forced to divert and has landed at Manchester BA have since confirmed plane forced to land … Read more

Taron Egerton sports a moustache and grey suit while shooting new scenes for film Tetris in Aberdeen

Taron Egerton sports a moustache and grey suit as he transforms into game developer Henk Rogers while shooting new scenes for film Tetris in Aberdeen By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 16:05 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 16:05 GMT, 21 February 2021 He has been hard at work on set of biopic Tetris in … Read more

Donald Trump’s Aberdeen golf course swings into the red

Donald Trump’s Aberdeen golf course swings into the red after running up a £1m loss By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 December 2020 Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland has run up a £1million loss, topping off a bad year for the outgoing … Read more

Covid: UK’s top 30 travel-anxious cities revealed: Aberdeen is most nervous and Derby is least

The UK cities that feel the most and least anxious about Covid-19 and travel have been revealed in a survey. Aberdeen tops the ranking of 30 cities, with 88.2 per cent of its residents saying their travel anxiety has increased since the coronavirus pandemic. Occupying the second and third spots are Coventry (84 per cent) … Read more

New boss to shake up Standard Life Aberdeen

Blueprint: Stephen Bird first met BlackRock’s Larry Fink a decade ago It is an asset manager steeped in nearly 200 years of history – but new boss Stephen Bird is not scared to shake things up at Standard Life Aberdeen. The Scottish banker, who became chief executive in September, is preparing a revolution at the … Read more

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