Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Jobs boost as Aberdeen care firm growth drives expansion
Independent care provider Mitchell & Murdoch Care Ltd is expanding its Aberdeen workforce after a sharp rise in demand for its care-at-home services.
The company, founded by John Murdoch and Deklyn Mitchell, has reported a 50% increase in demand across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, prompting plans to recruit up to eight additional full-time staff.
Despite having no prior business experience, the duo have grown the company into a multi-million-pound operation, with turnover expected to hit £3.4million.
Springfield boss says ‘obsession with new rules makes it impossible to get anything done’ in housebuilding industry
he boss of housebuilder Springfield Properties believes the amount of red tape is hindering the fight against Highland housing challenges.
Chief Executive Innes Smith knows 24,000 homes are needed in the Highlands over the next decade. But he feels we have become a nation which is “obsessed with making new rules”.
Mr Smith said current rules and regulations have become so strict it takes four years to build a home on site in Scotland.
Organic milk producers in Ardersier, Elgin and Aberdeen strike deals with Burns Country dairy
Connage Highland Dairy has hailed a new supply deal for its organic milk as a “fantastic collaboration” between the north of Scotland and Burns Country.
Ardersier-based Connage is best known for its award-winning organic cheese. It is one of three businesses in the north and north-east which have recently agreed to directly supply milk to Mossgiel Organic Dairy in East Ayrshire.
The other two are Auchlea Farm near Kingswells, Aberdeen, and Wester Manbeen, just south of Elgin.
22,000 students told to pay back 'mis-sold' maintenance loans
More than 20,000 students have been told they were given maintenance loans and grants in error and now face demands to immediately pay the money back.
The students, who are all studying weekend courses, received letters from the Student Loans Company (SLC) or their university saying their courses had never been eligible for maintenance loans or childcare grants.
One letter, from the SLC and seen by the BBC, says the student's university provided incorrect information and "unfortunately, they didn't tell us you only attended on the weekend".