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Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.

Strathclyde University announces plans to cut 70 jobs

A Scottish university is planning to cut more than 70 jobs.

The University of Strathclyde announced the measure as part of a bid to save £35m over the next two years.

They said the savings were about ensuring the university operated on a "sound financial basis".

Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more

Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband bars can no longer be called chocolate after maker Nestle changed their recipes.

To be described as milk chocolate in the UK a product needs to have at least 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids, a level each product fell below once a higher amount of cheaper vegetable fat was used.

Nestle said its reformulations were needed due to higher input costs but were "carefully developed and sensory tested" and there were no plans to alter the recipes of other chocolate products.

Butcher forced to rebrand chocolate haggis after Cadbury legal threats

A butcher who launched the world’s first chocolate haggis was threatened with legal action by the Dairy Milk maker Cadbury.

Simon Howie Foods unveiled its haggis-shaped chocolate brownie pudding in January last year to coincide with Burns Night.

As part of its advertising campaign for the limited-edition product, the butcher released a spoof of Cadbury’s famous advert of a gorilla playing drums from 2007.

Doctors to vote on calling off strike after new Streeting offer

Doctors will vote on calling off a five-day strike next week after the health secretary Wes Streeting promised to give them priority for NHS jobs over foreign medics.

On Wednesday the government offered the British Medical Association (BMA) a fresh deal to end a long-running pay dispute, which the union has agreed to put to its members.

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, had planned to walk out from December 17 to 22, which the NHS has warned will “cause mayhem” amid a serious flu outbreak.

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