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

Yousaf defends plans to pilot juryless rape trials

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has defended plans to pilot juryless rape trials after lawyers in Aberdeen joined a boycott.

They have accused the Scottish Government of a "deeply-troubling attack" on the judicial system.

The BBC says lawyers in Glasgow and Edinburgh have already said they will refuse to take part in the pilot, which was proposed as part of a new justice-reform bill.

The government has said there is "overwhelming evidence" juries are affected by preconceptions about rape.

The change to trials was proposed by Scotland's second most senior judge, Lady Dorrian, in a review that informed the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has claimed that low conviction rates for rape and attempted rape are hampered by the "prevalence of preconceptions".

In the most-recent figures, conviction rates for rape and attempted rape were 51%, compared with 91% for all other crimes.

After the Aberdeen Bar Association confirmed it was joining the boycott, Mr Yousaf said he heard their objections "loud and clear".

But he said he remained "absolutely committed" to working with legal professionals on the pilot because convictions for rape are "far too low" compared to other offences.

Big job losses at LinkedIn

LinkedIn has become the latest tech firm to axe jobs, closing 716 roles.

The social media network which focuses on business professionals will also phase out its local jobs app in China.

In a letter by company chief executive Ryan Roslansky, he said the move was aimed at streamlining the company's operations.

In the last six months, tech companies including Amazon, LinkedIn's parent Microsoft, and Google's parent Alphabet have announced major job cuts.

Mr Roslansky said the changes would result in creating 250 new jobs which employees affected by the cuts in its sales, operations and support teams would be eligible to apply for.

After mostly withdrawing from China in 2021, citing a "challenging environment", the remaining app called InCareers will also be phased out by August 9.

But a LinkedIn spokesperson said the firm will keep a presence in China to help companies operating there to hire and train employees outside the country.

The BBC says LinkedIn had been the only major Western social-media platform operating in China.

When launching in the country in 2014, the firm had agreed to adhere to the requirements of the Chinese Government in order to operate there.

Whyte drops £500,000 claim

Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has dropped a £500,000 malicious-prosecution claim against the Crown Office.

The businessman was arrested in 2015 and charged with taking over the Glasgow football club by fraud.

He was acquitted by a jury two years later following a seven-week trial.

Mr Whyte launched a compensation claim after several people involved with Rangers were awarded fees for being wrongly prosecuted.

He sued Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC for £500,000, seeking reparation for "loss of earnings and damage to reputation" as a result of the prosecution, which he claimed was "malicious".

However, the BBC says the case has been dropped after another businessman who was involved with Rangers lost a similar compensation claim.

Bumper Coronation weekend

Sunday's warmer weather in the UK may have helped the hospitality industry to enjoy a bumper Coronation weekend, a pub chain has said.

The City Pub Group said that after an "anaemic" Saturday, sales on Sunday had been "really, really strong".

Extended pub opening hours had been expected to provide a £104million boost to the sector, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

The Centre for Retail Research said about £200million was expected to be spent on food and drink alone over the Coronation weekend, with consumers adding more than £1.4billion in total to the UK economy.

The chief executive of trade group UK Hospitality, Kate Nicholls, told the BBC that visitors were focused on London and the Coronation itself for the first half of the weekend, whereas the second half was about communities and a "more normal bank holiday".

Cost of Royal event in focus

Scotland’s First Minister has appeared to question the cost of the Coronation, saying some people would be uncomfortable with the amount spent on the ceremony.

Humza Yousaf said that even monarchists would have wanted the expenditure kept to a minimum as households struggle with the cost of living.

The Telegraph says the SNP leader was one of more than 2,000 guests who watched King Charles and Queen Camilla be crowned at Westminster Abbey.

The extravagant ceremony is believed to have cost somewhere between £100million and £250million.

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