Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Wintershall DEA additions push Harbour Energy production up 200%
Harbour Energy has seen a more than 200% increase in production year on year, driven by the addition of German company Wintershall DEA’s upstream portfolio.
According to the company’s unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2025, production in the first half of 2025 averaged 488,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd).
This compares to the 159,000 boepd seen in the first half of 2024.
Read the full story on the Energy Voice website.
Driver scammed out of £200 after using fake QR code on Aberdeen car park meter
Fraudsters are once again targeting drivers in Aberdeen with fake QR code stickers on pay-and-display parking meters.
Aberdeen City Council has issued a renewed warning after reports that Denburn Car Park is the latest location affected by this scam.
The fraudulent QR codes redirect users to fake parking websites, tricking them into entering personal and payment details.
Read more on the P&J website.
More teens to get their choice of uni even if they miss their grades, says Ucas
A record number of 18-year-olds are likely to get into their first choice of university this year, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has said - even if they narrowly miss their grades.
Dr Jo Saxton said universities were keen to enrol UK undergraduates because there was more "uncertainty" around international student numbers.
She said they would "quite possibly" accept students who did not meet the conditions of their offer adding that domestic students offered universities "stability" for "financial planning".
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Extra-strong nicotine pouches packaged like children's sweets
Extra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found.
A Disclosure reporter, filming undercover, bought nicotine pouches which mimic the name and branding of the well-known 'Millions' sweets in a shop in the east end of Glasgow.
The shop worker who sold the pouches claimed they contained 100mg of nicotine, which would make them about 10 times the strength of a cigarette.
TSB brand to change hands as sale to Santander approved
Shareholders in the Spanish owner of TSB have approved the sale of the British lender in a move that raises questions over the future of the venerable high street brand.
Sabadell’s investors voted in favour of the £2.65billion cash sale of TSB to Banco Santander, the owner of Santander UK.
Branch closures are expected as Santander targets cost savings of about 13% in the combined group.