UK North-east firms urged to seize market opportunities in Venezuela

Business opportunities for Aberdeen City and Shire firms were highlighted at a lunch this week hosted by the Lord Provost for the visit to the city of HM Ambassador to Venezuela. Lord Provost Peter Stephen welcomed Catherine Royle to the Town House for the lunch, which was also attended by Felix Plasencia, Deputy Head of the Venezuelan Mission in the UK. The Lord Provost stressed the historic links which had been developed over many years between Aberdeen and Venezuela’s second largest city, Maracaibo, and welcomed its anticipated return to the World Energy Cities Partnership.