Here are the business stories making headlines across the UK this morning.
The average standard variable rate paid by UK mortgage borrowers has topped 5% for the first time in more than 13 years, piling more pressure on households.
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A cask of whisky has sold for £16million to an anonymous female collector in Asia, setting a record for a single malt.
ScotRail could return to a full timetable within a fortnight after drivers voted to accept a 5% pay increase.
The UK Government's decision to announce a North Sea windfall tax the day after Sue Gray's 'Partygate' report was described as a 'grubby way to govern' yesterday.
Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports which owns Aberdeen International, Glasgow and Southampton airports, has today (Tuesday 12 July) announced he will step down from his position next year.
Aberdeen-headquartered Aubin Group, the leading developer and supplier of chemical solutions to the energy industry, has secured a two-year contract worth $5million to manufacture and supply fluid loss additives to a major drilling company in the Middle East.
Aberdeen local Dave Thompson, 54, will be running an ‘Ultra marathon’ during a ‘good’ weather window in late July to raise funds for local charity Denis Law Legacy Trust to fund its flagship Streetsport programme.
Aberdeen RNLI lifeboat station and volunteer crew celebrate as both Andy Haines and Grant Gregor pass out as helm on inshore lifeboat, Buoy Woody 85N.
International energy logistics provider Peterson, part of the Royal Peterson Control Union Group, has announced expansion plans into Australia with the appointment of Ruaridh Hamilton as Australia Country Manager and the opening of a new office in Perth.
DeltaTek Global (DeltaTek), specialists in well construction, has further extended its commitment to local Children’s charity, AberNecessities, by supporting the upgrade and refurbishment of its new premises alongside provision of IT infrastructure topping more than £11,000 of contribution.