Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
DPD drivers call off action over pay, says firm
Delivery firm DPD says drivers that chose not to work on Tuesday due to a dispute over pay will return to work.
The company said that "an agreement on a way forward has been reached" but did not confirm whether it has deferred a plan to cut pay for deliveries of small packages. The BBC has reached out to DPD for further comment.
It had been thought that the delivery service could face disruption after some of its drivers began three days of action.
Vape boss says allowing 'strict' ads would help smokers quit
Allowing more vape adverts could encourage smokers to switch, says the boss of one of the world's largest tobacco and vaping manufacturers.
Asli Ertonguc is managing director of the UK and Irish operations of British American Tobacco (BAT), a 123-year-old company that counts Rothmans, Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarettes among its notable brands.
Ertonguc believes allowing a "very strict marketing framework" targeted only to adults could make smokers aware of alternatives and encourage them to switch.
One in ten working-age Scots has never had a job
Nearly one in ten working-age Scots has never held a job, new figures reveal.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals that more than 310,000 working-age adults in Scotland have never been in employment.
Crucially, over half of this number are now no longer in full-time education, underscoring the severity of the challenge confronting the SNP government which faces a “funding gap” because of the country’s surging benefits bill.