Aberdeen entrepreneurs need to show a sense of urgency and passion if they want to make exporting work for their companies, local businessmen said yesterday. Peter Moon, an account manager at oil and gas software firm Tracker, which has only been in the export market for a year, said he wished the firm had gotten in on the act earlier.

With the buzz of COP21 in the air, the 21st Instalment of the annual Conference of the Parties, we witness the world collaborating in discussions of how to limit the progress of climate change. In spite of varying political motivations, we can all agree that in order to avoid catastrophic climate damage average global temperatures need to be kept in check.