Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Call to end airport drop-off fees for blue badge holders
All UK airports should stop charging blue badge holders for being dropped off close to terminals, a disability charity has said.
Several people with blue badges got in touch with the BBC following news that more than half of the busiest airports had raised the so-called "kiss-and-fly" fees to as high as £7 in some cases.
Many airports already offer discounts or waive the fee for disabled drivers, but blue badge holders say the system is complex and inconsistent.
ScotRail’s AI announcer Iona silenced after row with Rebus actress
ScotRail is scrapping its computer-generated onboard train announcer known as Iona after a row with the voiceover artist on whom it is based.
Gayanne Potter, a Scottish actress, hit out at the rail operator after learning her voice data was being used on Scotland’s trains without her permission.
ScotRail initially said it had no plans to change the voice, claiming Potter’s dispute was with a foreign company called ReadSpeaker that held her voice data from a recording in 2021, and had used it to create a program fronted by Iona.
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TikTok puts hundreds of UK content moderator jobs at risk
TikTok is putting hundreds of jobs in the UK which moderate content that appears on the social media platform at risk.
According to TikTok, the plan would see work moved to its other offices in Europe as it invests in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up its moderation.
"We are continuing a reorganisation that we started last year to strengthen our global operating model for Trust and Safety, which includes concentrating our operations in fewer locations globally," a TikTok spokesperson told the BBC.
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Royal Mail and DHL halt some US deliveries over tariffs
Postal services around the world are pausing some deliveries to the US over confusion around new import taxes that must be paid on parcels from the end of the month.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month ending the global import tax exemption on low-value parcels, which takes effect from 29 August.
While gifts worth less than $100 will remain duty-free, the changes mean all other packages will face the same tariff rate as other goods from their country of origin.