Skype telephone numbers now live

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​If you have an Aberdeenshire Council email address you now have a new number and can make and receive calls using Skype telephony from your PC. Your old number will continue to work until the switchoff date indicated below.  

If you do not have a headset you can pick one up from Woodhill House reception or from a library in: Banff, Ellon, Fraserburgh, Stonehaven, Peterhead, Banchory, Aboyne, Alford, Laurencekirk, Mintlaw, Turriff, Portlethen or Westhill 

To see your new number: 

  • Go to http://directoryupdate  

  • Scroll down to Phone numbers 

  • Your personal Skype number is in the New Number field   

If you currently use a team or group number you must contact the Project Team to have a new number allocated.  

Schools will be contacted individually and given at least two months notice of their switch-off date. 

Switch off date for old numbers  

31 March 2017 

Inverurie  

Oldmeldrum 

Insch 

Huntly  

01467 

01651 

01464 

01466 

30 June 2017  

Aberdeen  

Banchory 

Aboyne 

01224 

01330 

01339 

30 September2017  

Alford  

Banff 

Ellon 

01957 

01261 

01358 

31 December 2017  

Fraserburgh  

Stonehaven 

Laurencekirk 

01346 

01569 

01561 

31 March 2018  

Peterhead  

Maud 

Turriff 

01779 

01771 

01888 ​