Grampian
Grampian jobs covers the modern districts of Moray, Aberdeenshire and City of Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland. Approximately 440,000 people live and work in the area, and jobs in Grampian are in one of the most prosperous places in Scotland. Amongst its many assets, encouraging individuals to seek jobs in Grampian, Aberdeen has an international harbour which handles 4 million tonnes of cargo annually - worth around £1.5 billion - and Aberdeen International Airport, serving over 3 million passengers per annum.
The main centres for Grampian jobs are the City of Aberdeen and in and around towns such as Peterhead, Lossiemouth, Inverurie, Buckie, Keith and Ballater. In the 1960's, Aberdeen, the principal city, redesigned itself from a port supporting Grampian jobs in farming, fishing and tourism to becoming the centre of the UK's oil and energy industry.
Grampian jobs industry sectors include Construction, Engineering, Farming, Fishing and Food Processing, Paper and textile, Professional Services, the Public Sector, Transport and Tourism. Grampian jobs support almost a third of Scotland's agricultural output - more than £1bn per year is generated by over 300 companies. Jobs in Grampian's knowledge based industries, including technology and R&D and life sciences, are prospering. More than 800 technology based companies provide jobs throughout Grampian, ranking Aberdeen among the top three UK knowledge-based business centres.
Grampian's jobs economy continues to grow through oil and gas business support to a wide range of ancillary industries - from engineering to food manufacture. Many Grampian jobs are in engineering design companies developing and designing platforms and processing facilities, whilst other jobs in Grampian provide expertise for oil extraction to drilling contractors. Less visible, but nonetheless key to Grampian's jobs prosperity, are a host of other sectors supplying everything from electronic equipment to jobs in Grampian's IT, communications and transport structures. Many local companies providing Grampian jobs have been spin-offs from the University of Aberdeen - one of the World's leading antibody engineering centres.
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