Here are the business stories making the headlines in Scotland and the UK this morning.
Decommissioning work for Archer
Oilfield services firm Archer has landed a major decommissioning contract with Repsol Sinopec in the North Sea.
The $165million (£130million) deal covers plugging and abandonment of 30 wells at the Fulmar field and a further two at the Halley field.
Archer said the contract starts immediately, with offshore operations expected to kick off in the second half of 2024 or early 2025.
Energy Voice says the value of the work will be spread over the next four to five years.
Monzo is top of bank league table
Challenger bank Monzo has again topped an official league table which charts whether customers would recommend their bank to family and friends.
Its satisfaction rating has dropped by 1% compared to six months ago, but its score of 80% in Britain was higher than all its rivals.
It is top on its own, having shared first place with Starling Bank last time, a survey of 16,000 people found.
The BBC says Starling is second this time around, with First Direct in third.
Joint last were Virgin Money and Royal Bank of Scotland - both of which were recommended by 48% of their customers who were surveyed.
Fresh outbreaks of avian flu in Scotland
New outbreaks of avian flu have been confirmed at premises in Aberdeenshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
Protection and surveillance measures have been put in place at two locations near Fraserburgh and one near Kirkcudbright.
However, environment agency NatureScot said it was now receiving fewer reports of dead birds.
The BBC says carcasses of thousands of dead seabirds have been removed from coastlines in recent weeks.
NatureScot said in a statement: "We are continuing to see dead birds, particularly kittiwakes, guillemots and herring gulls, reported on our east coast shores, although we have been receiving fewer reports since the final week of July.
"However, we are also now seeing small numbers of seabirds affected in other parts of Scotland."
Train drivers accept ScotRail offer
Members of the Aslef union, which represents train drivers, have voted to accept a pay offer from ScotRail.
The BBC says the deal means that drivers will see a 5% basic pay rise for 2023/24, backdated to April 1, 2023, with a further 1% increase from October 1.
Misery for Scottish shops
Miserable weather and economic news in July saw retail sales north of the border fall sharply with a warning of further woe to come, figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) have revealed.
Instead of consumers hitting the high street to purchase new summer wardrobes, retailers had to slash prices to attract shoppers to stores.
Customers also ignored summer food ranges and instead looked to traditional warming foods in supermarkets.
The Press & Journal says the SRC has warned the "dual burden" of high inflation and a rising interest rate means July may not be the last month of disappointing sales in the near future.
Unemployment rises in Scotland
Scotland's unemployment rate rose to 4% in the three months to June, according to latest figures.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous three months.
However, the BBC says the Scottish rate is still below the figure for the UK as a whole, which stands at 4.2%
Alba Party advert rejected
Media giant Global has rejected a political party's billboard in a row over a cartoon of the prime minister.
The firm said the Alba Party advert - featuring a vampire-like image of Rishi Sunak feeding off Scottish oil - would not run because it "slandered" him.
The poster reads: "No wonder he's laughing. He's got Scotland's oil."
In an e-mail rejecting the artwork, which has been seen by the BBC, Global said: "The only political messages we allow to run are basic messages such as vote for us, but not when a party is slandering someone."
Glasgow emission-zone fines
Nearly 6,000 penalty fines were issued in July for breaches of Glasgow's low emission zone, new figures show.
The figure is twice the number issued in June, the first month the scheme to tackle air pollution in the city centre was operating.
The BBC says the increase is partially due to a soft launch of the scheme in June which meant non-compliant vehicles received a maximum of one fine.
Fines totalling just under £600,000 have been issued so far.
Interest rate soars in Russia
Russia has hiked the interest rate to 12% after the rouble fell to its lowest value in 16 months.
The currency fell past 100 per dollar on Monday, prompting Russia's central bank to hold an emergency meeting.
The Bank of Russia said it decided to raise interest rates from 8.5% to curb inflation, which hit 4.4% in August.
The BBC says pressure has been mounting on the Russian economy due to imports rising faster than exports and military spending growing for the Ukraine war.