Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.
Less empty shops in heart of Aberdeen
A snapshot survey of Union Street has revealed a drop in the number of vacant shops on Aberdeen's famous thoroughfare.
Richard Noble, managing director of Granite City-based property firm FG Burnett walks the length of the Granite Mile once every six months to see how many ground-floor retail units are empty.
The Press and Journal says his latest stroll from one end to the other revealed some welcome respite for a city centre that has arguably suffered more than its fair share of blows in recent years.
Mr Noble cautioned against reading too much into it, however, given the "obvious challenges our main thoroughfare will continue to face".
Of the 189 ground-floor units included in the survey, 43 were vacant at the start of February - four fewer than last August.
Ex-PM makes nearly £5million
Boris Johnson has registered an advance payment of nearly £2.5million for speaking events, in his latest declaration of outside earnings.
It brings the former prime minister's declared income since leaving office last September to almost £4.8million.
He has previously recorded nearly £1.8million in speaking fees since his departure.
Mr Johnson has also registered a further £13,500 in accommodation from JCB boss Lord Bamford and his wife Carole for January and February.
It brings the total value of accommodation he has registered from the couple for him and his family since leaving Downing Street to £74,000.
The BBC says the near-£2.5million advance in his latest declaration is from the New York-based Harry Walker speaking agency, for an unspecified number of speeches.
It comes on top of almost £1.8million he has registered since leaving office for nine speeches delivered in the US, India, Portugal, the UK and Singapore.
Jobs go at Disney
Disney has announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs and £4.5billion in costs after reporting its first-ever drop in subscriber numbers.
The job cuts represent just over 3% of Disney's global workforce of around 220,000.
The Telegraph says the US media giant lost 2.4million Disney+ subscribers in the final three months of 2022, taking the total to 161.8million.
Significant gas discovery
Deltic Energy has announced a significant gas and oil discovery at the Shell-operated Pensacola prospect.
Energy Voice reports that, in an operational update, Deltic said the find at Pensacola could represent "one of the largest natural gas discoveries in the southern North Sea in over a decade."
Archer deal
Archer has signed definitive agreements with Baker Hughes to acquire its UK coil tubing and pumping business, after a competition investigation prompted the sell-off.
The move follows a probe by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority prompted by Baker Hughes' bid to acquire wells specialist Altus - a move that would involve the transfer of 1,200 global staff, including more than 500 in Portlethen.
Energy Voice says Archer will take on 51 UK employees as part of the deal.
New pay offer for firefighters
The threat of strike action by firefighters has been put on hold as union members consider a new pay offer.
During talks, fire service employers put forward a revised offer including a 7% pay rise.
The Fire Brigades Union has postponed announcing strike dates while its members are balloted, said the BBC.
Fines for environmental protestors
Five environmental protesters who glued themselves to the frame of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper have been fined for causing criminal damage.
They had staged a Just Stop Oil demonstration at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly, central London.
District Judge William Nelson described their actions as "reckless".
The BBC says each defendant was fined £486 at City of London Magistrates' Court.
Nationwide reducing staff
Hundreds of staff at a building society are facing job cuts, a spokesman said.
Nationwide Building Society, which has its headquarters in Swindon, employs around 18,000 people across the country.
A company spokesperson told the BBC the cuts were part of a move in "streamlining" some non-member facing roles.
They said they have worked hard to keep the number affected colleagues to a minimum, but expect around 450 to leave the society.