Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Business===
[[File:07 25 and an almost Deserted Union Street Aberdeen , Bar 1 Van ...... Never ever seen it this Deserted even @ 4am drunk.... (49738301873).jpg|thumb|right|Union Street towards Castlegate (facing east)]]

In 2011, the Centre for Cities named Aberdeen as the best-placed city for growth in Britain, as the country looked to emerge from the recent economic downturn.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12261716|title=Aberdeen 'best-placed city for growth' in Britain|publisher=BBC News|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127074124/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12261716|archive-date=27 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> With energy still providing the backbone of the local economy, recent years have seen very large new investment in the North Sea owing to rising oil prices and favourable government tax incentives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9991640/Record-rise-in-North-Sea-oil-and-gas-investment-expected.html|title=Record rise in North Sea oil and gas investment expected|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=3 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010084615/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9991640/Record-rise-in-North-Sea-oil-and-gas-investment-expected.html|archive-date=10 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> This has led to several oil majors and independents building new global offices in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engie-ep.com/en/news-and-media/news/2013/21-02-2013.aspx?sc_lang=en|title=Construction gets underway for new GDF Suez E&P UK Aberdeen premises|publisher=GDF Suez E&P|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830085637/http://www.engie-ep.com/en/news-and-media/news/2013/21-02-2013.aspx?sc_lang%3Den|archive-date=30 August 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref>

Five of Scotland's top ten businesses are based in Aberdeen with a collective turnover of £14 billion, yielding a profit in excess of £2.4 billion. Alongside this 29 of Scotland's top 100 businesses are located in Aberdeen with an employment rate of 77.9%, making it the second highest UK city for employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeeninvestlivevisit.co.uk/Invest/Facts-and-Literature/Invest-Facts-and-Literature.aspx|title=Invest Aberdeen Facts & Figures|publisher=Aberdeen Invest Live Visit|access-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014115545/http://www.aberdeeninvestlivevisit.co.uk/Invest/Facts-and-Literature/Invest-Facts-and-Literature.aspx|archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

Figures released in 2016 ranked Aberdeen as having the second highest number of patents processed per person in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/buoy-oh-buoy-aberdeen-a-leader-in-patents-race/|title=Anti-gravity machine among inventions making Aberdeen a leader in patents race|work=Evening Express|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203001957/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/buoy-oh-buoy-aberdeen-a-leader-in-patents-race/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>