Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
£500k glow-up for area around Aberdeen’s Green ahead of market opening
Streets leading to Aberdeen’s under-construction new market could soon be given a glow-up – courtesy of bus gate fines.
Councillors could next Tuesday sign off on a £500,000 splurge to brighten up drab streets with overhead lighting.
Carmelite Street, East Green and Carnegie’s Brae will all be hoped to draw people towards the £40million Flint market development once it is finished, which is expected next year.
Aberdeen restaurant wins prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand award
An Aberdeen Italian restaurant has won the Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand award, one of only 37 across the UK and Ireland to do so.
Mara, which is located in the city centre on Rose Street, has been described as offering a “sumptuous taste of Italy” by Michelin.
The famous guide praised its menu favourites, including parmesan gnocci with black garlic and truffle, and its smoked aubergine pizzette.
Elon Musk strikes $1.25tn deal to unite SpaceX and Grok
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired his social media and artificial intelligence business xAI in a $1.25trillion (£910bn) deal to unite much of his business empire.
In a statement on Monday, Mr Musk said his rocket launching business had acquired xAI, which owns both social media network X and the Grok chatbot, “to accelerate humanity’s future”.
The billionaire argued that the combination made sense as advances in AI would only be possible through putting data centres in space, something SpaceX was uniquely positioned to do.