Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Made In Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo and Brewdog founder James Watt announce engagement
Reality star Georgia Toffolo and Brewdog founder James Watt have announced they are engaged.
Watt, 42, said on Instagram he proposed to the former Made in Chelsea star while on holiday in Greece for her 30th birthday.
The former CEO of Brewdog - who stepped down as head of the Scottish group earlier this year - said: "She said yes! With an abundance of smiles, happiness, love & family, [Georgia] & I got engaged on Friday in Greece."
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Beach Leisure Centre closed after budget slashed
The sorry state Aberdeen’s beleaguered Beach Leisure Centre was allowed to get into before its closure has finally been laid bare.
Council leisure operator Sport Aberdeen faced a £700,000 funding bow in April 2023, forcing bosses to pull the plug.
The P&J can now reveal quoted work for £16million repairs wouldn’t even have allowed the charity to reopen the doors.
Pubs and restaurants warn of closures if taxes rise and business rates relief ends
Pubs and restaurants are warning of closures and a tough Christmas ahead if Rachel Reeves’s budget this week raises taxes and ends a Covid-era relief on business rates.
Reeves is expected to reveal a tax-raising budget on Wednesday, to pay for improved public services, with Labour sources indicating the government is intending to raise taxes and cut spending by a combined £40bn.
Hospitality businesses are particularly worried because of the scheduled end next spring of the business rates relief, which could mean the tax bills charged on their properties will quadruple.
McDonald's Quarter Pounder back after E. coli outbreak
McDonald's is resuming sales of its Quarter Pounder burgers in all of its US restaurants after ruling out its beef patties as the source of an E. coli outbreak that left at least one person dead and dozens of others ill.
The fast food giant said samples of its beef patties that were taken by the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) had tested negative for the bacteria.
The company added that the CDA had no plans for further testing.
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