You can sum up what Aberdeen city centre needs in one word. People.

That’s it. The solution to all the woes and travails facing the heart of the Granite City – and almost every city in the country – is people.

People working there, people playing there, people living there.

The working bit went a tad wonky thanks to that pesky pandemic. While the new norm of working from home has its pluses for individuals, it’s an anathema to a vibrant city centre. We are, though, starting to see a bit of a swing back to office working.

More and more people are finding they prefer to have people around them to collaborate with, bounce ideas off, have a yap and a gossip at lunchtime and nip out for a cheeky coffee or a wee post-work-week bonding........

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