Here are the business stories making the headlines in Scotland and the UK this morning.
NHS Grampian whistle-blower makes A&E claims
A group of senior doctors has accused NHS Grampian of ignoring their safety concerns about emergency departments.
They told the BBC they were speaking out because they feel they cannot deliver a safe level of care.
The medics said staff shortages meant Grampian's two A&Es have no senior registrars on shift to make key decisions about patients for the majority of weekend night shifts.
NHS Grampian said it was working hard to expand the workforce.
Businesses under pressure
High interest rates are putting indebted firms under the most pressure since 2009, the Bank of England has warned.
Half of all businesses with borrowings will be struggling to meet debt payments by the end of this year, the Bank said, up from 45% last year.
The Telegraph says the warning came amid growing pressure on Jeremy Hunt to announce support for the economy as signs of stress increase.
On Tuesday Tory backbenckers renewed calls for tax cuts to stimulate growth after official figures showed the Government borrowed less than expected again in July, aided by a resilient economy and a windfall from stealth tax raids on income.
Douglas McWilliams, founder of the Centre for Economics and Business Research and co-chairman of the Liz Truss-backed Growth Commission, urged the Chancellor to consider cutting Corporation Tax to boost growth.
Row over redevelopment of Scottish castle
The Perthshire village of Kenmore is a tranquil tourist destination at the northern end of Loch Tay which is home to a few hundred people.
But the peace has been shattered by a row over the £300million redevelopment of nearby Taymouth Castle by American real estate firm Discovery Land Company (DLC).
A protest group has been campaigning against the proposals for the 450-acre Perthshire estate - but the local community council say local residents are largely in favour of the plans.
DLC's website says those proposals include the restoration of the castle and golf course, building 167 new homes, and landscaping park and woodlands.
The BBC says the castle dates from 1842. Planning permission to renovate it and build hundreds of homes on the estate was granted between 2005 and 2011, with various developers coming and going in the meantime.
French airport to be renamed in honour of late Queen
An airport in France will be renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II after receiving permission from the King, officials in the town have said.
Le Touquet, in North-west of France, received the blessing from the King on Monday, its town hall said.
Touquet-Paris-Plage Airport will become Elizabeth II Le Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport.
The BBC reports that the town hall said the tribute to the "Great Queen" would also recognise the "most British of French resorts".
Drug deaths in Scotland down, but still worst in Europe
The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland last year fell by 279 to the lowest level for five years.
Figures from National Records of Scotland show 1,051 people died of drug misuse in 2022.
It is the first significant drop following several years of record high totals.
However, Scotland continues to have the worst drug death rate in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Despite the fall in drug misuse deaths, they are still more than three times as common as they were two decades ago.
Opiates and opioids, including heroin, morphine and methadone, were implicated in more than eight out of 10 drug-related deaths in 2022.
The BBC says the majority of drug misuse deaths were classified as accidental poisonings, with 7% classed as intentional self-poisonings.
Harvie abused on campaign trail
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has warned of a rise in homophobia after being verbally abused while on the campaign trail.
The MSP called a passer-by a "bigot" after he shouted out a slur during an interview with the BBC.
Mr Harvie was speaking at his party's campaign launch for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.
He said "toxic forces" had caused an increase in attacks on the LGBT+ community.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Greens said the party would report the incident to Police Scotland.
More-affordable housing
Housing is more affordable than a year ago, according to the UK's biggest mortgage lender, but high mortgage rates mean it is still a stretch.
The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that a typical home in the UK now costs 6.7 times the average annual earnings of a full-time worker.
This is down from 7.3 times a year ago, which was a record level.
The lender said that house prices had fallen in the last year, while earnings had risen.
However, the BBC says a typical home is still less affordable than it was near the start of the pandemic, and mortgages are taking up a bigger chunk of incomes.
The Halifax said that mortgage costs typically accounted for 35% of a homeowner's income, up from 30% in a year and not far short of the level seen at the start of the financial crisis in 2007.
Corruption charges against ex-Opec president
A former president of the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) accepted Cartier jewellery and Louise Vuitton handbags as bribes, the National Crime Agency has alleged.
Corruption charges have been levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is alleged to have not only received luxury goods but also benefited from chauffeur-driven cars, flights on private jets, £100,000 in cash and private school fees.
Ms Alison-Madueke was a key figure in the Nigerian Government between 2010 and 2015, during which time she also became Opec's first female president.
The NCA claims she accepted bribes during her time as Nigeria's Minister for Petroleum Resources in exchange for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts.
The Telegraph says assets worth millions of pounds relating to the alleged offences have already been frozen as part of the ongoing investigation.