Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Berryden Burger King drive-thru to stay open until 5am amid ‘customer demand’
The Burger King at Berryden Retail Park has been given permission to dish out some flame-grilled midnight snacks – by staying open until 5am.
The drive-thru has secured consent to extend its opening times by six more hours, after arguing against rules demanding a midnight closing time for premises outside the city centre.
Its biggest competition is McDonald’s, which operates three 24-hour drive-thrus within three miles of the Berryden diner; in Bucksburn, Bridge of Don and Tullos.
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James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007
James Bond has fallen into the hands of a billionaire’s business empire after Amazon revealed that it has acquired “creative control” of the spy franchise from the Broccoli dynasty.
Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday it had struck a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and longtime stewards of the Bond films.
A spokesperson for Amazon said the financial terms of the deal were for their eyes only.
Lloyds sets aside £1.2bn for car loan scandal
Lloyds Banking Group has nearly tripled the amount it is setting aside to cover the car finance mis-selling scandal to £1.2billion, knocking its profits for the year.
It is putting aside an extra £700million to cover potential compensation payments, on top of £450million earmarked earlier.
Lloyds, and other providers of finance for car loans, are under fire for not being clear enough over commission paid to car dealers, with millions of motorists potentially in line for compensation.
Birkenstock sandals are not art, says German court
Birkenstocks may be cool enough for Barbie but the sandals do not qualify as works of art, a German court has ruled.
The company had claimed its footwear could be classified as art and so was protected by copyright laws in a case it put forward to stop rivals selling copycat versions of the cork-soled sandals.
But a judge dismissed the claim, saying the shoes were practical design items - a decision Birkenstock called a "missed opportunity for the protection of intellectual property".