Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.
Plans move ahead for Avalon oil find
A "key milestone" has been reached for the new Avalon oil field in the UK North Sea to go ahead.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has given a "letter of no objection" to operator Ping Petroleum for its development concept.
Avalon is 100% owned by Ping Petroleum, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Dagang NeXchange (DNeX).
Energy Voice says the next phase is to submit a field development plan, which also requires NSTA approval.
Avalon is expected to produce 23million barrels of oil and Ping said it intends to develop the field via a re-used floating production vessel.
First oil is anticipated between mid-2024 and mid-2025 and is planned to produce at initial rates of 20,000 barrels per day.
Emirates still flying to Russia
Emirates' boss says the airline will keep flying to Russia unless its owner, the Dubai government, tells it not to.
"If we are told to stop we will stop, unless we are told otherwise, we will continue," Sir Tim Clarke told the BBC.
Most major international airlines pulled out of Russia amid sweeping sanctions imposed by Western countries since the war began in Ukraine.
But Emirates is one of the few carriers that is still operating flights to Moscow and St Petersburg.
When asked if the airline would reconsider its position, Emirates president Sir Tim said that "it was not his call" but a decision that the United Arab Emirates government would take.
IR35 changes hit oil and gas recruitment
Controversial changes to off-payroll working tax rules have left some oil and gas firms struggling to fill vital roles, according to new data.
Research by Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance found that half of businesses in the sector said that the reforms were the biggest obstacle to hiring contractors.
More commonly known as IR35, the changes were brought in for the private sector by HMRC in spring last year.
Energy Voice says the responsibility is now on companies to decide whether a contractor constitutes a full-time employee or is self-employed.
If they are deemed to fall within the first category, they have to pay the same amount of tax as a regular employee.
One union boss previously said he had spoken to some offshore contractors who have lost more than half their last wage due to the reforms.
Apple store staff want a union
Workers at Apple's Grand Central Station store in New York have announced a plan to start a union.
If their bid is successful, it would be the first union at one of the tech giant's US stores.
The group of staff known as Fruit Stand Workers United must get signatures of support from 30% of colleagues at the store to qualify for a union election.
The BBC says the move follows unionisation drives by staff at Starbucks and Amazon.
Apple has not commented on the announcement.
A statement on a campaign website for the prospective union said: "Grand Central is an extraordinary store with unique working conditions that make a union necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standards of living."
Unemployment on the up in China
China's consumer spending fell and unemployment rose last month as Covid lockdowns confined millions of people to their homes, official figures show.
Joblessness reached the highest level since the early part of the pandemic, according to the BBC.
However, overall, the country's economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the first three months of this year.
A surge in infections has triggered lockdowns in several major cities - including the financial, manufacturing and shipping hub of Shanghai.
Retail sales fell by 3.5% in March compared to a year earlier, China's National Bureau of Statistics said. That was the first decline since July 2020.
For the same period unemployment rose to 5.8%, the highest level since May 2020.
Campaign for Better Transport wants to see lower rail fares
Transport campaigners have welcomed a temporary sale on train tickets across the UK, but argue that costs should be cut even further.
The Government's "Great British Rail Sale" will see prices slashed by as much as half, with cheaper off-peak travel on offer in April and May.
But the Campaign for Better Transport said wider price increases are "driving people off the railway".
The BBC says passenger numbers on trains have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.
About 285million rail passenger journeys were made in Britain in the last three months of 2021 - just 62% of the levels seen before coronavirus struck.