Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Recent history===

In 2012, [[HSBC]] named Aberdeen as a leading business hub and one of eight 'super cities' spearheading the UK's economy, marking it as the only city in Scotland so designated.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20002820 |title=Aberdeen named among 'Supercities' by HSBC |publisher=BBC News |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022010504/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20002820 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Aberdeen was found to be the best city in the UK to start a business in a study released by card payment firm Paymentsense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/1387847/granite-city-is-top-for-start-ups/|title=Why the Granite City is the best place to launch new business|author=Keith Findlay|date=8 January 2018|work=The Press and Journal |access-date=18 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120501/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/1387847/granite-city-is-top-for-start-ups/|archive-date=18 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>