Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Last-ditch bid to save Aberdeen’s ‘lifeline’ ReCharge charity cafe from closure
The manager of a “beloved” charity cafe in Aberdeen has launched a petition in a desperate bid to save it from closure.
Seven staff have already lost their jobs after Charlie House decided it could not continue to run the ReCharge Cafe in the Bon Accord shopping centre.
The cafe has been raising funds for the charity, which supports children and babies with complex disabilities or life-limiting conditions and their families, since 2019.
More than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s
More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms.
In a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the 61 MPs said "successive governments" had done "too little to protect young people from... unregulated, addictive social media platforms".
They urged him to follow the example of Australia, which brought in a ban in December. Several other countries are said to be considering similar laws.
Labour U-turns ‘have cost Britain £8.2billion’
Rachel Reeves’s U-turns have cost £8.2billion, a think tank has found in the first full assessment of the government’s repeated policy climbdowns.
Uncertainty about policy decisions is high despite Labour’s repeated pledges to “restore stability”, according to the report by the Resolution Foundation.
The £8.2billion hit over the course of the parliament includes retreats on personal independence payments and universal credit, as well as the winter fuel allowance and the two-child benefit cap. The figures were calculated using Office for Budget Responsibility data.