Here are the business stories making the headlines in Scotland and the UK this morning.
Contract starts in Dundee for Global Wind Projects
Global Wind Projects (GWP) has started work at Port of Dundee on its first offshore wind pre-assembly contract under a multi-million-pound deal.
Energy Voice says it is the firm's biggest order since it was launched in 2021.
GWP, part of Inverness and Aberdeen-based Global Energy Group, said the work was creating more than 30 jobs and providing employment for 90 people.
Green hydrogen project paused
Orsted and Phillips 66 have put on pause their Gigastack green hydrogen project at Hornsea 2, the world's largest wind farm.
The pair said they had made a joint decision to withdraw funding from the UK Government Hydrogen Business Model process, which is aimed at getting Britain's first gigawatt of low-carbon hydrogen projects in construction or operating by 2025.
But Energy Voice reports that Orsted and Phillips 66 said "further project maturation together with supply chain development" is needed.
Labour says 'age of SNP dominance is over'
Labour has declared that the age of SNP dominance is over in Scotland after a poll showed Sir Keir Starmer's party rapidly gaining ground on the nationalists.
In a huge boost to the chances of a Labour majority at the next election, the findings showed the party is poised to win 22 seats north of the border, up from just one currently.
The Telegraph says the YouGov survey puts Labour on 32 points - up four since April - in the party's best results in Scotland since the 2014 independence referendum. The SNP is on 36, down one - its worst result in a YouGov poll in five years.
Dame Jackie Baillie, the deputy Scottish Labour leader, said: "The polls are increasingly clear - the age of SNP dominance is over and the people of Scotland are increasingly turning to Scottish Labour."
Funicular out-of-court settlements
A Scottish Government agency has received a total of £11million in out-of-court settlements relating to the Cairngorm funicular.
Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) had taken legal action over the original design and construction of the mountain railway near Aviemore.
HIE, which owns the funicular, had also been pursuing a payment from a former operator of the facility.
The UK's highest railway reopened in January after four years out of action.
The BBC says it had been shut down because of structural problems.
HIE had been pursuing legal action in the Court of Session against construction company Galliford Try Infrastructure and designer AF Cruden Associates over work done in the 1990s and early 2000s.
It had also sought payment relating to guarantees issued by Natural Assets Investments - the parent company of CairnGorm Mountain Ltd (CML), which had operated the funicular on HIE's behalf.
New jobs at Jaguar Land Rover
Automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover is to create hundreds of new jobs.
The BBC says the group is recruiting 300 technicians and test engineers at its Solihull, Gaydon and Whitley plants in the West Midlands.
The firm said the roles would support increased Range Rover production and the testing and maintenance of new electric vehicles.
Famous name in horror is revived
An independent Scottish production company is reviving one of the most famous names in horror from the heyday of the British film industry.
Fife-based Hex Studios, which specialises in low budget horror and fantasy films, is bringing back the name Amicus for its latest production.
Amicus was once one of the UK's leading horror studios, enjoying a long rivalry with Hammer Film Productions in the 1960s and 1970s before going out of business.
The new film In The Grip of Terror will be partly funded by the public and is due to begin production in September.
The BBC says the plan to bring back the defunct studio name is the brainchild of Hex Studio's owners Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly, who have made 11 films over the past decade from their headquarters in Kirkcaldy.
Cost to rent in UK up again
The rising cost of renting has again hit its highest level since comparable records began in 2016, with strong demand from tenants.
The BBC says that, with fewer properties available to rent in many areas, the mismatch between supply and demand has pushed up costs for many people.
Prices paid by UK renters rose by 5.3% on average in the year to July, the Office for National Statistics said.
No free money...
Bank of Ireland technical faults that allowed people to withdraw funds despite having little or no money in their accounts led to officers being sent to some cash machines, the Irish police have said.
Large queues formed at many cash machines in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday after word of the glitch spread.
The BBC says posts on social media also appeared to show officers seemingly deployed to cash machines.
The bank said on Wednesday morning that the issues had been resolved and apologised for the disruption. It warned transfers and withdrawals would still be applied to customers' accounts.