
Economic growth

Economic growth
- Improve digital connectivity across Aberdeenshire by lobbying for better infrastructure and providing advice and support for communities and business
- Enabling community organisations and businesses to access project funding
- Stimulate and nurture a culture of entrepreneurship within the region
- Support new and existing businesses to thrive, creating competitive advantage and providing fair work opportunities
- Develop our key sectors and secure inward investment to sustain economic growth
Key measures
- Percentage of unemployed people assisted into work from council operated / funded employability programmes
- number of business gateway start-ups per 10,000 population
- number of businesses surviving at 1 year and 5 years
- proportion of properties receiving superfast broadband
- investment in Economic Development and Tourism per 1,000 population
- Gross Value Added (GVA) per hour
- employment rate