Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Alcohol ban on trains unworkable, says ScotRail chief
The alcohol ban on trains is unenforceable and there is no evidence it has had an impact on antisocial behaviour, the boss of ScotRail has told MSPs.
The Scottish government brought in the policy in 2020 as part of its temporary measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Previously passengers could consume alcohol after 10am and before 9pm, and trains with catering services offered a range of drinks.
Ministers have yet to repeal the Covid-era guidance even though figures emerged last year showing British Transport Police had not recorded any offences under the bylaw that bans intoxicating liquor on board trains and in stations.
Read the full story on The Times website.
Lush put trans ‘propaganda’ leaflets in party bags for children
The retailer Lush Cosmetics put an information leaflet that made unfounded claims of a global conspiracy against transgender people in the party bags of seven and eight-year-old children.
Young girls attending a birthday event at one of the chain’s outlets, where they made bath bombs and soaps, were handed the 24-page booklet alongside products when they left.
The document claims on its opening page that trans people have been targeted by a “calculated media assault” designed to “distract from global crises”. It explains that the media is trying to “shift attention from those nicely off, while the rest of us struggle”.
Read more on The Times website.
Warning meters in 300,000 homes could stop working
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing hot water or heating when their old type of electricity meter goes out of action.
Energy companies have said it will be "very, very difficult" to replace all Radio Teleswitching System (RTS) meters with smart meters before the old technology is switched off on 30 June.
Campaigners estimate more than 300,000 homes could lose heating - or have it stuck on constantly - in what energy regulator Ofgem has called "an urgent consumer welfare issue".
The government said the industry had to "work urgently to continue to increase the pace of replacements".
Read more on the BBC website.
Pakistan claims 'credible intelligence' India is planning an imminent military strike
Pakistan's information minister says that the country has "credible intelligence" that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours.
Attaullah Tarar's comments come after India accused Pakistan of supporting militants behind an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last week. Islamabad rejects the allegations.
Tarar said that India intends to use the attack as a "false pretext" for a strike and that "any such military adventurism by India would be responded to assuredly and decisively".
Read the full story on the BBC website.