by Zoe Phillips
Updated: February 3, 2021, 9:43 am
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Demolition work on an iconic shop is due to be completed next month.
McKays shoe and outdoor wear shop has served the customers of Aberdeen since opening in 1905.
It moved to new premises on Great Northern Road after selling the site to Aberdeen City Council for the Queen Street regeneration project.
The local authority is knocking down the building as part of plans to revitalise the area.
Updated: 18/02/2021, 9:26 am
Granite Noir has unveiled a glittering line-up of world-class crime writers – including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Jo Nesbo and David Baldacci – when it returns next month.
While Aberdeen’s award-winning crime writing festival is moving online due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers say its mix of live streaming and pre-recorded messages offers the best of Granite Noir and hope it can reach an even wider audience when it runs from February 19 to February 21.
Jane Spiers, chief executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, which produces the event, said: “Obviously this year is a bit different, being online, but we are still bringing the best of Granite Noir, the essence of Granite Noir.
A ROW has blown up over Glasgow missing out on millions in Scottish Government coronavirus lockdown support for performing arts venues without any call for applications. Ministers announced £3m in funding was going to just three charities leading to questions over how they were singled out. Aberdeen Performing Arts – which runs His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen Music Hall and The Lemon Tree – is to receive £1.4 million in new funds. Capital Theatres – which operates the Festival Theatre, the King’s Theatre and The Studio in Edinburgh – will receive £800,000. And Eden Court Highlands – Scotland s largest single-site arts venue in Inverness – will receive £800,000.
MindRush 2021: How companies rebuilt businesses amid Covid-19 crisis
How different industries fared amid the pandemic? CEOs discuss rebuilding businesses on Day 2 of Business Today MindRush 2021
Manoj Sharma | January 23, 2021 | Updated 15:31 IST
(From left) Suresh Narayanan, CMD, Nestle; Ravinder Takkar, MD & CEO, Vodafone Idea; and Patu Keswani, CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels
Lockdown hit some industries very badly. While some companies gained, some were hit severely. Some saw demand rising soon after the lockdown in March 2020 and taper off later. So to see how different industries fared amid the pandemic, CEOs discussed rebuilding businesses on Day 2 of BT MindRush 2021.
On the destruction Covid-19 infused lockdown caused to the hotel industry, Patu Keswani, CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels, said he didn t anticipate it to be so terrible earlier in February. But in March, we took a lot of steps to stop revenue destructions. We have a plan for events like this. In our response to this