A key business group in the North East of Scotland says Aberdeen should be ‘first in the queue’ for investment zone status - and has warned that the UK Government needs to act to protect the region’s oil and gas industry.
Ryan Crighton, policy director at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, says the windfall tax on the sector has had a negative impact and is placing major investments at risk.
Now he is urging the UK government to act to support the sector and the tens of thousands it employs. That includes support for the Aberdeenshire-based Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
