Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Hundreds of staff unpaid after £1bn AI start-up goes bust
Hundreds of former staff at a collapsed AI company once worth £1billion have been left unable to access redundancy payments amid talks over a fire sale of its assets.
Workers claim to have been left in limbo after being let go from the failed British AI champion in May. While Builder AI has filed for bankruptcy in the US, it has yet to appoint administrators in Britain where its main operations were based.
This has meant around 200 UK-based staff cannot claim redundancy pay from the Insolvency Service, which requires a case number normally supplied by restructuring advisers in the event of an administration.
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More than half of all grit bins to be removed in Aberdeenshire
More than half of Aberdeenshire Council’s grit bins will be removed from streets in a move branded “short-sighted” and dangerous by SNP councillors who warn it puts lives at risk.
The removals, confirmed this week, follow a cost-cutting decision made in February and will see 60% of all grit bins disappear.
Officials say the move is necessary due to mounting financial pressures and claim it will ensure winter maintenance focuses on areas with the highest need.
Read the full story in the P&J.
Trump calls Musk's new political party 'ridiculous'
US President Donald Trump has hit out at former close ally Elon Musk over the multi-billionaire's plan to launch a new political party.
"I think it's ridiculous to start a third party," said Trump, speaking to reporters on Sunday before boarding Air Force One. "It's always been a two-party system and I think starting a third party just adds to the confusion."
After teasing the idea for weeks, Musk posted on X over the weekend that he had set up the America Party to challenge the Republican and Democratic "Uniparty".
Bereavement leave to be extended to miscarriages before 24 weeks
Parents who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to bereavement leave under a planned law change.
The government is set to amend the Employment Rights Bill to give parents the legal right to take time off work to grieve if they experience pregnancy loss at any stage.
As it stands, bereavement leave is only available to parents who lose an unborn child after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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'Human error' - Wimbledon sorry over missed line calls
Wimbledon organisers have apologised after the electronic line-calling system on Centre Court was turned off in error and missed three calls in one game.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said a game was 'stolen' from her after there was no 'out' call when a Sonay Kartal backhand went long in the first set of their fourth-round match.
The Russian stopped after seeing the ball go long, and chair umpire Nico Helwerth halted play.