Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.

£13million fraudster only has £814.33 to seize

A financial services director jailed for a £13million fraud has been ordered to hand back just over £800.

Alistair Greig, 69, formerly of Cairnbulg in Aberdeenshire, masterminded a Ponzi scam which sucked in dozens of individuals to place their funds in "guaranteed" high-interest accounts.

The BBC says he was jailed for 14 years in 2020 - later cut to 10 years - for one of the biggest frauds of its kind in Scotland.

Prosecutors trying to recover his gains from crime said Greig only had £814.33 available to seize at this point.

Lawyer Dan Byrne told the High Court in Edinburgh the Crown would return to court if it discovered any more of Greig's ill-gotten gains.

Pay rise for Aberdeen bus-depot workers

Aberdeen and Glasgow bus-depot workers have secured a pay rise of up to 9.5%.

Bidvest Noonan workers, contracted to clean and refuel buses for First Bus in the two cities, will receive a minimum rise of 8%.

More than 100 cleaners, fuellers and shunters were due to take strike action at both depots between March 1 and 4 before receiving a new offer at the last minute.

The BBC says the workforce had previously rejected a 2% pay offer backdated to 2022.

Changing shopping habits

The shopping habits of clean-living consumers are reflected in changes to the basket of goods and services used to calculate the rising cost of living.

Alcopops have been removed while frozen berries, used to make fruit smoothies, are included, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

Electric bikes have also been put into the virtual basket and digital compact cameras taken out.

The BBC says thousands of prices are collected to calculate the rising cost of living.

The so-called inflation basket contains more than 700 goods and services. The cost of these items in many different outlets are gathered by the ONS to give the monthly inflation figures.

In itself, the rate of inflation is an important measure used during decisions about uprating benefits and pensions, and quoted during pay negotiations.

The rate recently hit a 40-year high but is expected to slow as the year goes on.

Return to Match of the Day for Lineker

Gary Lineker will return to present Match of the Day after he was taken off air amid an impartiality row following his criticism of the Government's new asylum policy.

BBC director general Tim Davie said an independent review of BBC social media guidelines would be carried out - and denied the BBC had backed down.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said "it was right" the matter had been resolved.

However, on Monday, the BBC continued to face criticism from a range of sides.

Mr Lineker said he supported the review and looked forward to getting back on air, describing the last few days as "surreal" and thanking people for their "incredible support".

But Tory backbench MP Philip Davies said the BBC's decision was a "pathetic capitulation" to Mr Lineker and the "start of the end for the licence fee".

The BBC also reports that ex-cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg warned the "licence fee has passed its sell-by date".

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