Aberdeen is Top of the Shops

Aberdeen has been described as the 31st wealthiest shopping area in the United Kingdom.

The UK retail league, an annual study of revenue in key shopping towns and cities across the country revealed this rise.

Aberdeen is up on previous years but still behind other Scottish Cities such as Glasgow which has dropped from third to forth place and Edinburgh which dropped from eighth to tenth place in the UK.

Chris Duley, commercial director at Callcredit Information Group, said: "It is very encouraging to see Aberdeen doing so well and moving up the retail rankings – this may in part reflect the continuing success of the relatively new Union Square shopping centre."