Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Mango launches bid for new store in Aberdeen’s Union Square with £500k refit plans
Mango is planning to spend more than half a million pounds as it launches a bid for a new store in Union Square.
The Spanish-based fashion retailer has stores across the UK, including four in Glasgow and two in Edinburgh. Earlier this year, The Press and Journal broke the news that Mango was coming to Aberdeen.
It is part of the company’s major expansion into the UK market – with plans for 20 stores over the next few years.
British jets to carry nuclear warheads
British fighter jets are to carry nuclear warheads for the first time since the Cold War era, after a deal with the US.
At a Nato summit in the Hague on Wednesday, the Prime Minister will announce that Britain will buy 12 F-35A fighter planes. Unlike the F-35B jets the UK currently possesses, they can carry nuclear weapons.
Sir Keir Starmer said: “In an era of radical uncertainty, we can no longer take peace for granted, which is why my Government is investing in our national security, ensuring our Armed Forces have the equipment they need and communities up and down the country reap the benefits from our defence dividend.”
Read the full story in The Telegraph.
Asos bans shoppers for making too many returns
Asos shoppers have expressed anger after their accounts were shut for returning too many orders.
Some customers have received emails in recent days informing them they are banned for allegedly breaching the online fashion giant's fair use policy.
It comes after the company last year began charging a controversial £3.95 fee if customers make frequent returns and keep less than £40 worth of items in an order.
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Third of suppliers say Amazon rarely or never complies with rules
More than one in three Amazon grocery suppliers say it rarely or never complies with industry rules governing fair treatment, as the giant American retail and technology group came bottom for the third consecutive year of a government regulator’s ranking of 14 food retailers.
An industry-wide survey by the Groceries Code Adjudicator, which began an investigation into Amazon last week, found that suppliers to the group were by far the most likely to report poor compliance with market rules.
Only 66% of Amazon suppliers told the regulator that the group consistently or mostly followed rules governing fair treatment of suppliers. At Lidl, the next worst performing of the 14 retailers regulated by the adjudicator, the comparable figure was 91% and the average was 93%.