Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Breaking: BT hit with big fines for 'catastrophic' 999 failure
BT has been fined £17.5million for a "catastrophic failure" of its emergency call handling service which led to to thousands of 999 calls not being connected.
The network fault, which last lasted for more than 10 hours on 25 June last year, led to 14,000 calls to emergency services failing to connect.
Following an investigation into the company which manages the 999 phone system, the regulator Ofcom said the telecoms giant was "ill-prepared" to respond to the problem.
"BT fell woefully short of its responsibilities," said Suzanne Cater, Ofcom’s director of enforcement.
Click here to read more on the BBC News website.
Thousands enjoy the sunshine at New Deer Show
Thousands of people enjoyed the sunshine at one of the north-east’s biggest agricultural events of the year, New Deer Show.
The two-day event, held yesterday and Saturday, had something for everyone. As well as all the usual hotly contested livestock and equine categories, there was a plethora of other entertainment to enjoy.
Highlights included a performance by singer and songwriter Cammy Barnes, a Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist, supported by Moray band Johnny Sheep and The Coupit Ewes.
Click here to read a full round-up in the Press & Journal.
Unions to decide on deal to avert waste worker strikes
Two unions are set to decide whether to accept a pay offer made in a bid to halt strikes among council waste and recycling workers.
Unite and GMB are considering a deal described by Cosla as "strong, fair and credible".
Unison, the biggest union representing workers, rejected the package on Friday and said it put "absolutely no more money on the table".
The majority of Scotland's 32 councils are set to be affected by the action, which union officials have warned will lead to rubbish piling up on the streets.
Vans with cameras deployed in Aberdeen rogue parking crackdown
Camera-mounted vans will soon take to the streets of Aberdeen in a digital-age crackdown on rogue parking.
In coming months, the two electric vans, rigged up with cameras, will be driven around Aberdeen by city wardens.
Their roof-mounted automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras will run the registrations of vehicles parked in controlled parking zones.
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HMV boss says more people buying DVDs and Blu-ray
More shoppers are buying Blu-Ray and DVDs of movies and TV shows despite the rise in streaming platforms, the boss of HMV has claimed.
Phil Halliday, managing director of HMV, said the retailer was in "good health" with all of its main product areas back in growth.
His comments come after the revival of the High Street stalwart, which was saved from administration in 2019.
Mr Halliday said that "physical visual" sales had increased, adding that "4K and Blu-Ray have been doing particularly well", but figures suggest sales across the industry are still declining.
'Significant number' of devices back up says CrowdStrike
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says "a significant number" of devices that were impacted by a global IT outage on Friday are now back online.
In a social media post, the company - whose faulty security update caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world - added it "continues to focus on restoring all systems".
Microsoft has estimated that the incident, which is being described as one of the worst IT outages in history, impacted 8.5m computers around the world.
Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit, with some still struggling to fully restore their systems.