‘Jackdaw means we pay our mortgages’: relief in Aberdeen over gasfield approval - 星空娱乐

Few believe decision will bring back city’s boom years, but workers hope it will secure North Sea jobs for now

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As recently as 2012, Aberdeen boasted the highest concentration of millionaires in the UK. An ATM reportedly had the highest withdrawal rate in Europe in the 90s, as oil and gas wealth flowed through the city. House prices soared in the scramble for space as fossil fuel firms transformed the city’s grand granite houses into company offices. But that was then.

Today, “for sale” and “to let” signs punctuate the city’s main thoroughfares. Disposable income in Aberdeen has fallen by nearly 20% between 2013 and 2023 – more than any other large UK city – after a 2014 oil price shock sparked a brutal reversal in Aberdeen’s fortunes.

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