Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
England fans face beer drought after Scotland fans drink pubs dry
England fans face a beer drought in Cologne after Scotland’s Tartan Army fans drank bars dry - knocking back a million pints in three days.
A record-breaking army of at least 50,000 Three Lions supporters have begun arriving in the historic city for the crunch clash with Slovenia tomorrow.
But bars are struggling to restock after 100,000 thirsty Auld Enemy drinkers drained the city when the Scots’ drew 1-1 draw with Switzerland last week.
A manager at Cologne’s Corkonian Irish pub, on the main Alter Markt square, said: “The Scotland fans drank everything – beer, Guinness and vodka. Our cellar was emptied."
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Tributes to man who spearheaded rebirth of a city
Tributes have been paid to former Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein in his death aged 71.
Sir Howard, from Cheetham Hill in the city, rose from humble beginnings as a pot washer at the town hall to serve as council boss for 20 years, spearheading the regeneration of the city after the IRA bombing of 1996.
The council, which he ran from 1998 to 2017, said Sir Howard died after a "period of illness".
Sir Howard had also taken a keen interest in the regeneration of Aberdeen, and met with business leaders following the launch of Our Union Street last year.
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Government borrowing in May is highest since Covid
Government borrowing in May hit the highest since the Covid crisis but was lower than the UK's fiscal watchdog had forecast.
Borrowing reached £15billion last month, which was £800million higher than May last year.
It means that the public sector spent more than it received in taxes and other income, leading the government to borrow billions of pounds.
It is the third highest figure for May since records began in 1993, surpassed only by the pandemic years.
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Criminal charges recommended against Boeing
US prosecutors have recommended that the Justice Department (DOJ) brings criminal charges against Boeing, according to the BBC's US partner CBS.
It comes after the DOJ said the plane maker had violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, which the firm denied.
Boeing declined to comment when contacted by the BBC about the prosecutors' recommendation.
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Octopus to repay £3bn to taxpayers for Bulb rescue
Octopus Energy will pay nearly £3billion to the government as part of a pledge to return the taxpayers' funds it received for rescuing Bulb, its collapsed competitor.
It means the Treasury will recoup almost all the cost of temporarily nationalising Bulb back in 2021.
Past forecasts had suggested that it could have been the government's biggest bailout since the financial crisis. However, lower wholesale energy costs have seen the expected final bill slashed.
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