Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish leaders meet to plan break-up of United Kingdom
The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will gather on Monday to sign a deal designed to kick-start the break-up of the United Kingdom, The Telegraph can disclose.
At an unprecedented summit in Cardiff, the three first ministers will put pen to paper on a joint declaration demanding the right to hold independence referendums.
The meeting comes after Andy Burnham suggested to MPs that he would authorise another Scottish referendum if there were a “clear consensus” in favour of one.
Read the full story in The Telegraph.
Reform UK’s £72m donations ‘safe from Labour’s retroactive law change’
Labour has been accused of threatening the rule of law after Angela Rayner suggested that Reform UK could be forced to return £72million donated by two cryptocurrency billionaires.
Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman, said applying new restrictions retrospectively would amount to “confiscating” donations that were lawful when they were received.
Twin £36million donations to Reform from the cryptocurrency billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne announced over the weekend were the largest in British political history.
Read more in The Times.
Aberdeen needs ‘regional leader’ like Manchester mayor to lead UK energy future, says business leader
Aberdeen and the north-east need greater powers and a single regional leader if the area is to make the most of its energy strengths, a leading businessman has said.
Iain Anderson, who is co-chairing the GB Energy task force, believes the north-east is “very different” from the rest of Scotland, because of its geography and strong industrial focus.
He argues greater devolution could help accelerate economic growth and give the region more control over the skills, infrastructure, and investment needed to support its energy transition.
Read more in The Press and Journal.
Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station
A Russian drone has hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.
No casualties were reported after the strike at Yahodyn, which hit the train's engine. All the passengers had been evacuated, Ukrainian authorities said.
Johnson and other European national security advisers, including the UK's Jonathan Powell, had passed along the same line on a different train on their way back from a conference in Kyiv.
Get the full story on the BBC website.
Retail expert: ‘The key to Union Street revival is enticing Deeside traders to expand into city’
The international retail expert brought in to boost Aberdeen city centre has revealed how he plans to entice Aberdeenshire traders to expand onto Union Street.
Earlier in the year, consultant Jonathan De Mello unveiled measures to revive Union Street and the surrounding area – which he said could bring about a £112 million cash injection.
Mr De Mello plans to not only fill empty units, but to enhance the quality of stores in the city centre.
Read the full story in The P&J.
FTSE 100 companies cut back on charity
Britain’s largest public companies have reduced their charitable contributions as a proportion of profits to the lowest level since 2009, according to a report by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Its 2026 Corporate Giving Report, published on Monday, reveals that giving by FTSE 100 companies fell to £1.69billion in 2025 from £1.85billion in 2024.
This was despite profits at Footsie companies rising by 10.7% during the year to £212billion.
Read more in The Times.
Amazon pauses work with cargo firm after fatal crash
E-commerce giant Amazon says it is suspending work with the firm that operated a cargo plane that was involved in a fatal crash in Miami this month.
"After the tragic incident last weekend, we've spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we've decided to pause our operations with 21 Air," an Amazon spokesperson said on Sunday.
On 6 September, the 21 Air-operated Boeing jet overshot a runway at Miami International Airport and hit several vehicles, killing five people.
Read more on the BBC website.