Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Peter Cowgill swipes at Mike Ashley over video that forced him out
The former boss of JD Sports Fashion said he retained a “mutual respect” for Mike Ashley but not his tactics after the Sports Direct founder admitted he had orchestrated the infamous car park surveillance operation that forced his rival out of the company.
Peter Cowgill was reacting to an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday in which Ashley confessed that he had arranged for associates to film Cowgill secretly during a meeting in 2021 with Barry Bown, the boss of Footasylum, in a Burger King car park during Covid restrictions.
The footage was leaked to The Sunday Times and not only led to Cowgill’s exit from JD Sports but became central to a Competition and Markets Authority investigation into JD’s £90million takeover of Footasylum. The competition regulator had barred the companies from sharing commercially sensitive information while it scrutinised the deal.
No summer border delays for Brits, Greek tourism minister says
British holidaymakers heading to Greece will not have to face any delays at the border, even at the height of summer, the country's tourism minister has told the BBC.
Olga Kefalogianni said the Greek government did not want visitors to be "burdened" by bureaucratic procedures when entering or leaving the country.
She confirmed British visitors will not face biometric checks at the border at any time during the summer season.
Share of new homes sold before they are built falls to 12-year low
The share of new homes sold “off plan” before they are built has fallen to a 12-year low as buy-to-let investors leave the market and higher interest rates slow sales.
New figures from Hamptons, the estate agents, show that 33% of new-build properties in England and Wales were sold before construction was complete in 2025, down from 49% in 2016.
The second-home stamp duty surcharge was introduced in 2016, which has steadily reduced demand from buy-to-let landlords.
Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m over use of her image on TV boxes
Pop star Dua Lipa has filed a $15m (£11m) lawsuit against Samsung, alleging it used her image on packaging for its televisions without permission.
Lipa alleges that Samsung prominently used a photograph of her face without consent on various television models sold across the US, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
Samsung's packaging was "designed to improperly capitalize on Ms. Lipa's hard-earned success to promote and sell Samsung's products", the filing said.