Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Nigel Farage to visit Aberdeen on campaign trail on Monday
Nigel Farage is making a flying visit to Aberdeen on Monday on a campaigning visit ahead of a crucial Holyrood byelection.
The Reform leader has long been expected to target the city, hoping to exploit concerns over the future of offshore jobs.
Mr Farage is expected to be joined by Reform MP Richard Tice on the visit.
Aberdeen’s Big Belmont Bash returns
Aberdeen’s Belmont Street came alive on Saturday, May 31, as the Big Belmont Bash returned for a full day of free entertainment, music, and community spirit.
Organised by The Collective on the Cobbles, the event transformed Belmont Street and the surrounding area into a lively celebration from 12pm to 8pm.
Thousands attended the family-friendly event, enjoying live music from local bands and DJs curated by Fine Times and Drummonds. The street was filled with energy as visitors explored games, workshops, and food stalls that showcased the best of Aberdeen’s independent businesses.
Read more in the P&J.
AI could free 30,000 civil servants from routine admin, study finds
Nearly 30,000 civil servants could be freed from carrying out routine admin every year if AI is rolled out across Whitehall, a government study has suggested.
More than 20,000 civil servants across Whitehall took part in a three-month trial to use generative AI for help with tasks such as drafting documents, summarising meetings, and handling emails.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said this saved the equivalent of giving 1,130 full-time workers out of the 20,000 a full year back every year.
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Scottish Water staff hold third strike over pay
Scottish Water workers are going on strike again after rejecting the company's latest pay offer.
Members of three unions - the GMB, Unite and Unison - will walk out for seven days until Sunday, following strikes in March and April.
They have again been offered a 3.4% pay increase, which unions say falls short of what other public sector workers in Scotland have received.
China says US has 'severely violated' tariffs truce
China says the US has "severely violated" their trade truce and that it will take strong measures to defend its interests.
China's Ministry of Commerce said Washington has "seriously undermined" the agreement reached during talks in Geneva last month, when both countries lowered tariffs on goods imported from each other.
The spokesperson added that US actions have also severely violated the consensus reached during a phone call in January between China's leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.