Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Aberdeen’s unpaid council tax bills near £100million
Local authority chiefs have a list of 4,477 postcodes with outstanding bills for one or more properties.
After a six-month fight with the local authority for answers, The P&J has reported the scale of the council tax blackholes.
Council documents revealed a citywide debt of £99,681,594.94.
The largest sum owed by a single household in Aberdeen is £26,019.83.
Read the full story in the P&J.
Met Office warns of potential flooding and disruption in Scotland
The Met Office warning is due to come into force from 2am until 1pm on Monday.
The warning covers the entirety of the country with some parts to see frequent lightning, heavy rain, hail and short periods of strong winds.
The weather is expected to cause disruption on the roads with motorists urged to expect difficult driving conditions and some road closures.
Hargreaves Lansdown agrees to £5.44billion takeover
Leading FTSE 100 investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has initially agreed to a takeover offer worth £5.44bn.
Under the terms of the 1,140p-per-share offer, investors in the Bristol-based company will get 1,110p per share in cash, plus a dividend of 30p per share.
The group of bidders includes buyout giant CVC, alongside Nordic Capital, and Platinum Ivy, a wholly owned subsidiary of wealth fund the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
It comes following lengthy talks which had to be extended, as Sky News revealed earlier this summer, after Hargreaves directors rejected an initial 985p per share deal.
TalkTalk chief Dunstone reaches agreement on £400million deal with lenders
Sir Charles Dunstone, the entrepreneur behind the TalkTalk broadband empire, has struck a £400million deal with its lenders to avert the threat of a debt default.
Sky News has learnt TalkTalk will announce later on Monday that its shareholders - who include Sir Charles - have agreed to inject £65million into the company immediately.
This will be followed by a further injection of £170million, with assets currently held separately such as its Virtual1 subsidiary and Ovo and Shell customer bases also contributed to the group.
In total, the refinancing is worth more than £400million, according to insiders.
Read the full story here.