Economic Development Aberdeenshire

😋 Aberdeenshire Restaurant Week We have officially launched our first Aberdeenshire Restaurant Week #AberdeenshireRW at The Falls of Feugh Restaurant near #Banchory. 🎉 Special offers and menus will be offered throughout the region by a range of #restaurants #cafes and #hotels who have signed up in support of the pilot festival. Value, quality and provenance will be showcased by the participating #Aberdeenshire venues with something for all tastes and budgets, helping to celebrate Aberdeenshire Loves Local. 💬 Aberdeenshire Council Leader, Cllr Gillian Owen said: “I’m really excited to be at the launch of the first-ever Aberdeenshire Restaurant Week and I want to encourage local people and visitors alike to support all the participating businesses and sample the tremendous range of menus and rich dining experiences the region has to offer. "The north-east hospitality and food and drink sectors are incredibly important to our economy and we must continue to do everything we can to engage existing and new customers for our businesses.” 💬 Cllr Isobel Davidson added: “It’s great to see so many restaurants signing up to our inaugural Restaurant Week. The excellent range of offers across the region and the range of menus will ensure there is something for everyone to enjoy. "The hospitality industry is vitally important, not only for our home market but also for our growing national and international tourism offering. Thanks to our traditional industries of farming and fishing an abundance of quality local produce is available to help the sector set a benchmark for hospitality in Aberdeenshire.” 💬 John Chomba, chef patron of the Falls of Feugh Restaurant, said: “We are delighted to be part of Aberdeenshire Restaurant Week. We’re really looking forward to welcoming new and existing customers to sample our special offers and wider menu and enjoy the friendly atmosphere here in Banchory. "November can traditionally be a fairly quiet time for the hospitality sector before the hugely busy festive period, so this is a great way to boost business for us all and showcase what we can all offer all year-round.” To visit the website and to view the offers, please click this link: 🍴 https://lnkd.in/e36Nazzs For further information and/or to register your business, please email: 📧 restaurantweek@aberdeenshire.gov.uk 🗓️ 4-10 November Please get involved and remember to tag us: 🍽️ #AberdeenshireRW2024 😋 #AberdeenshireLovesLocal Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ️ International Trade Week #Businesses in #Aberdeenshire who are planning to, or are currently, exporting, may wish to take part in the Department for Business and Trade 4th International Trade Week featuring free events, workshops and webinars. 🗓️ Monday 11 - Friday 15 November For more information, please click the following link: 🌐 https://lnkd.in/dVDnUn8 #TradeWeek #SoldToTheWorld #Export #Exporting #InternationalTrade #InternationalSales #TradeDeals #BusinessGrowth #BusinessSupport Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ️ VisitAberdeenshire Tourism Conference 2024 Industry Leaders and local #businesses are invited to join VisitAberdeenshire at their Annual Tourism Conference 2024. The conference will be centred around the three themes of "OurVisitors, Our People and Businesses and Our Place." The conference will be hosted by BBC Scotland journalist Fiona Stalker and will bring organisations, businesses and individuals from across the region to focus on how #tourism can help the North-east to thrive in 2025 and beyond. With insights, conversations and networking opportunities. Lunch and refreshments are included. Please note this is a ticketed and paid for event. 🗓️ 9am - 4pm Tuesday 19 November 📍 P&J Live, East Burn Road, Stoneywood, Aberdeen, AB21 9FX For more information and to register, please click this link: 😎 https://lnkd.in/eFgGmfPT #Conference #Tourism #TourismIndustry #Hospitality #HospitalityIndustry #GuestSpeakers #BusinessEngagement #BusinessSupport Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ️ Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce Training Calendar 2025 Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce #training courses for 2025 are available to book and prices for members have been held the same as 2024. To view the training courses that are available, please click this link: ▶️ https://lnkd.in/em4PPbtG To download a copy of the training brochure, please click this link: ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eEbQrKcg #Training #TrainingCourses #Upskilling #StaffRetention #CPD #StaffDevelopment #BusinessSupport Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ Five Aberdeenshire Community Councils Seek Nominations Five #Aberdeenshire Community Councils seek nominations to help them reach minimum numbers. Nominations are open for: - Auchterless, Inverkeithney and Fisherford - Boddam - Buchan East - Lumphanan - Strathbogie To find out more, please click this link: 🔵 https://lnkd.in/e8ssNpwA #Nominate #Represent #Community #CommunityCouncil #CommunityCouncillor #LocalViews #Elections Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ️ Scottish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Guide A guide spanning public, private and third sector support available to business start-ups, spin-outs and scale-ups has been produced by The Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise. Aberdeenshire Council is listed on page 20. To view the report, please click this link: 📖 https://lnkd.in/edWGF5rD #Guide #BusinessSupport #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneurial #StartUps #SpinOuts #ScaleUps #BusinessSupport

ℹ️ Tourism Alliance Joint Survey (Scotland) #Aberdeenshire #Tourism and #Hospitality #businesses please take 10 minutes to complete an anonymous survey, with three sections about: You, Business Performance and Government sentiment to help provide a UK wide response. For more information and to access the survey, please click this link: 🗣️ https://lnkd.in/ediayf5f Please note your reponse is requested by: 📪 Midnight Friday 1 November Thank you. #Survey #Tourism #Hospitality #YourOpinionMatters #IndustrySupport #BusinessSupport Aberdeenshire Council

📢 Final call - Chair of VisitAberdeenshire Board VisitAberdeenshire is seeking a special person, as they recruit to appoint a new Chair, passionate about #NorthEast #Tourism and our #economy. The overall purpose of the role is to: • Lead the Board ensuring that there is a clear strategic direction and vision. • Work closely with the Chief Executive to agree and set the Company’s overall direction, aims and objectives. • Ensure that the Board performs effectively and efficiently to drive forward the vision and strategic development of the Company. For more information and to acess the Candidate brief, please click this link: 😎 https://lnkd.in/dyxscyj For informal enquiries, please email Fiona Douglas on: 📧 jobs@visitabdn.com Please note all application should be received by the closing time of: 📪 5pm Friday 1 November #Vacancy #Recruitment #CareerAdvancement #Job #Chairperson #Role #Tourism #NorthEastTourism #Economy Aberdeenshire Council

ℹ️nspiring Aberdeenshire 2025 Open - #Communities across #Aberdeenshire are asked to nominate their heroes for the 2025 Inspiring Aberdeenshire Awards. Do you know someone who goes that extra mile for the benefit of others? For more information, please click this link: 🦋 https://lnkd.in/eEKZn2vx 📪 Closes Friday 7 February 2025 #Inspiring #Awards #Nominations #InspiringAberdeenshire #Sponsorship #SponsorshipOpportunity #Vulnerable #Carer #Volunteer #Hero #Environmental #Community #Culture #YoungPerson #LifetimeAchievement Aberdeenshire Council

📢 Final call - North East Scotland Food & Drink Network #Food and #Drink manufacturers, producers and the wider supply chain based in #Aberdeen #Aberdeenshire and #Moray are invited to join us for an afternoon tea to reconnect our food and drink community. Any #Food and #Drink manufacturer or producer, based in the North-east region, wishing to display their product offering at the networking event, are invited to email on the address further below. 🗓️ 3-5pm Tuesday 5 November 📍 ONE BioHub, Foresterhill Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2XE To register your attendance, please click this link: 🍰 https://lnkd.in/eTB5Zi5u To display produce, please email: 📧 jenefer.strathie@opportunitynortheast.com #Food #Drink #FoodandDrink #FoodandDrinkProducers #NetworkEvent #NorthEast #AfternoonTea #Networking #ProductShowcase #SeedPod #IndustryEngagement #BusinessSupport Aberdeenshire Council has been involved in the North East Scotland Food and Drink Network since it's inception, over thirty years ago and now partners with Opportunity North East Limited to facilitate events.