Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Greyhound racing to be banned in Scotland
Scotland will move to ban greyhound racing after ministers accepted there were “genuine risks” to the dogs involved in racing.
Jim Fairlie, the agriculture minister, said on Sunday the government would support the general principles of a private member’s bill from the Green MSP Mark Ruskell to outlaw the sport. The legislation seeks to make it an offence to operate a racing track for greyhounds and for a dog owner to race their animal on one.
The Welsh government announced in February that it would ban greyhound racing “as soon as practically possible”.
Read more in The Times.
Google fined €2.95bn by EU for abusing advertising dominance
Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector - the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where.
The European Commission said on Friday the tech giant had breached competition laws by favouring its own products for displaying online ads, to the detriment of rivals.
It comes amid increased scrutiny by regulators worldwide over the tech giant's empire in online search and advertising.
Read the full story on the BBC website.
Domino’s fried chicken takes flight as pizza chain challenges KFC
Domino’s Pizza Group is pushing into the booming fried chicken market as the company seeks to diversify beyond pizza amid mounting pressure from activist investors.
The FTSE 250 company will unveil its Chick ’N’ Dip offering at 187 stores in the northwest of England and Northern Ireland.
The range has been developed to work with the ovens in Domino’s existing kitchens, allowing the company to make use of its current infrastructure.
Read the full article in The Times.
Waitrose outperforms rivals for fourth month running
Sales at Waitrose have grown faster than at rival supermarkets for a fourth month running, as revamped stores and improved customer service help it to win over more shoppers.
Waitrose sales grew 0.5 percentage points faster than the wider grocery market in the four weeks to August 9, according to figures from NIQ Scantrack seen by The Telegraph.
It marks the fourth consecutive month in which Waitrose has outperformed rival grocers. In the latest period, sales across the wider grocery market were up by around 2pc, the figures showed.
Read more in The Telegraph.