Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.
Aberdeen’s Trinity Centre will soon be put up for sale
The Trinity Centre is to be put up for sale with the potential for an Aberdeen City Council buyout, according to the Press & Journal.
The newspaper reports that the Union Street complex will soon be marketed, with council documents confirming that fact.
Officials mapping out the £150million city centre and beach masterplan have made councillors aware of the likely sale.
And they have mentioned the Trinity Centre as a possible next big purchase for Aberdeen City Council.
Last year, the city bought the former BHS premises and indoor market further down the Granite Mile.
No progress on Natural History Museum proposal for Aberdeen
Westminster staffing changes have held up talks about turning Aberdeen's empty John Lewis into a new branch of the Natural History Museum.
Earlier this year, council officers were tasked with discussing the ambitious idea with the UK Government's culture tsars.
Six months on, though, councillors have been told that there is yet to be any progress.
The Press and Journal says a report prepared ahead of a meeting on Wednesday says this is down to "changes in personnel" at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The bold notion was brought up in February as the council debated the future of the former George Street department store.
Norco House was emptied last summer and has been used by NHS Grampian as a vaccination centre since then.
Council industrial action continues in Scotland, despite new pay offer
Scottish local authorities have increased their pay offer to 5% as council workers continue strike action.
The BBC says union workers will be given the offer for consideration, but until they vote to accept the deal, upcoming industrial action will happen as planned.
The first industrial action by Edinburgh council workers over pay started last Thursday and is set to last 12 days.
Unison and GMB Scotland waste and recycling workers are due to walk out between August 26 and 29 as well as between September 7 and 10.
First walkouts for three decades at Felixstowe
Dock workers at the UK's largest container port have gone on strike for the first time in 30 years.
About 1,900 members of the Unite union at Felixstowe in Suffolk have walked out for eight days in a dispute over pay.
Unite said members rejected a 7% pay offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, which it said was below the rate of inflation.
A port spokesman said the strike was "disappointing".
A picket line formed early on Sunday as the strike began.
About 2,550 people work at the Port of Felixstowe - the country's busiest port, handling about 48% of the UK's container trade. Striking workers include crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores who load and unload ships.
Port spokesman Paul Davey told the BBC that the average pay for workers at Felixstowe was £43,000, and employees had been offered a 7% rise plus a single payment of £500.
He said the offer represented an increase of between 8.1% and 9.6%, depending upon the category of worker at the port, at a time when the average pay increase in the country was 5%.
Aberdeen 'welcome mat'
Work to build a "welcome mat" for people arriving in Aberdeen could be completed in a year - as the council reveals the vast majority back the new £50million market project.
The Press and Journal says planners have set out how they will overhaul streets linking the train and bus stations with Union Street, creating a plaza-like space.
Part of the new market development, it's aimed at creating a better first impression of the Granite City.
It comes as the results of a public consultation thought proposed changes in the Merchant Quarter would make for a more pleasant journey to Union Street.
Energy bill discounts
Plans to allow households to get discounts on electricity bills if they cut use at peak times are set to be announced in the next two weeks.
The scheme would let people to save cash if they avoid high-power activities, such as cooking or using washing machines, when demand is high.
The BBC says it is understood the service is likely to apply to homes which have smart meters installed.
There are hopes it can be put in place this winter, with energy bills rising.
"We are developing a new service that will be available for consumers to benefit from across this winter and will be announcing further information soon," said a spokesman for National Grid ESO - which will run the scheme.
No criminal proceedings against P&O Ferries
The Government has announced it will not start criminal proceedings against P&O Ferries over the company's decision to fire nearly 800 seafarers in March and then replace them with cheaper staff.
The Insolvency Service said "there was no realistic prospect of a conviction" after a review by an independent senior prosecution lawyer, as it is standard practice.
A spokesman told the Telegraph: "After a full and robust criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the employees who were made redundant by P&O Ferries, we have concluded that we will not commence criminal proceedings."
The Insolvency Service is still conducting a separate civil investigation.
The agency began the probe earlier this year under instruction of Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
Scottish doctors could strike
Doctors are willing to take industrial action - which includes a strike - if their pay offer from the Scottish Government is not reconsidered, BMA Scotland has warned.
Chairman Lewis Morrison said medics were feeling demoralised and questioning whether to stay in the profession.
NHS medical and dental staff have been awarded a 4.5% pay rise this year.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said it was the largest rise since devolution.
The BBC says that, if a doctors' strike went ahead, it would be the first in Scotland in a decade.
£50,000 Islands Bond plan ditched
The Scottish Government has abandoned a plan to offer young people and families a £50,000 incentive to stay on, or move to, the islands.
The Islands Bond was proposed as a way of helping to reverse depopulation of island communities.
But the government said it had decided against going ahead following responses to public consultation on the plan.
The BBC says those in favour of the idea were largely non-island residents, while islander respondents raised concerns.