Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.
Jobs could go at Aberdeen private school
Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen has confirmed that teachers and support staff may lose their jobs as it battles escalating costs.
In a letter to parents, head of college Robin Macpherson said the financial crisis is presenting "ongoing challenges".
As a result, the Aberdeen private school is looking at a range of cost-saving measures. These include reviewing energy use and reducing its teaching and support staff.
The college has already started making voluntary redundancies, and warned that compulsory job losses may follow. Mr Macpherson emphasised these would not affect the quality of pupils' education.
The news was set out to parents in a letter seen by the Press & Journal.
A9 dualling may not be finished until 2050
An MSP has said it could be 2050 before dualling is completed on the A9.
Fergus Ewing, who represents the Inverness and Nairn constituency, said he believes the lack of urgency from the government will delay the completion date to 2050.
Mr Ewing is now calling for a government inquiry into the A9 in order to speed up the process.
The MSP's investigations with the construction industry found that the work could be completed by 2030 - if more than a single section was worked on at any one time.
Some 10 miles of the 112 mile route between Inverness and Perth have been completed since the SNP pledged to complete dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness by 2025.
The Press & Journal says that date has now fallen by the wayside, as the government admitted it was "unachievable" while it carried out a number of studies.
Co-op move to reduce food waste
The Co-op is to remove best before dates from many fruit and vegetables in a bid to reduce food waste.
The company said taking the dates off its fresh produce would help shoppers save money and help the environment.
It said food stored in the fridge would keep for much longer than best-before dates indicated.
The BBC says bigger national supermarkets, including Sainsbury's and Asda, made similar moves last year.
Loss-making Purplebricks is for sale
Online estate agent Purplebricks is for sale after revealing it expects to lose between £15million and £20million this year.
It said the potential of the group may be better realised under an "alternative ownership structure".
The BBC says that, after being founded in 2012, the firm had dazzling early success, but has seen its share price fall 98% from its heights.
The company said it believed that Purplebricks' business and brand has significant value.
It had previously indicated that losses this year would be up to £10million, but will now in fact be bigger, because a strategy to focus on the most profitable regions of the country proved more expensive than expected.
£5.25million for NatWest boss
NatWest's chief executive Alison Rose pocketed a bumper £5.25million last year, as profits surged.
The payout included a bonus - the first time the bank's boss had received one since the company was bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis.
Annual profits at NatWest increased by a third to £5.1billion, benefiting from soaring mortgage and loan rates.
The bank increased its total bonus pool, saying its strong performance was down to its staff.
The bonus pool for its bankers rose by nearly £70million, to £367.5million.
Ms Rose defended the bonus payout, which handed her a 10% pay increase.
She told the BBC: "I think a strong performing banking sector is positive, it allows us to support the economy and it allows us to support our customers."
Expensive accident
Art lovers in Miami looked on in horror, when a collector accidentally knocked a £34,000 sculpture by US pop artist Jeff Koons to the ground.
She had tapped it with her finger, witnesses at the event said.
The statue - one of Koons' iconic Dog Balloons - smashed into tiny shards, and had to be swept into dustpans by gallery staff.
The BBC says that, luckily for the woman, the piece was covered by insurance.