Here are the stories making the business headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
North-east plan to stop probing some crimes will be ‘disastrous’, warns senior police rep
A new scheme that will see minor crimes in the north-east go uninvestigated will be disastrous, according to a senior police representative.
The new scheme will be run exclusively in the region, with officers not even attending minor crimes.
Police Scotland said it wants officers to have more time to focus on responding to emergencies and keeping people safe.
To do that, incidents like garden thefts where there is no CCTV or eyewitness evidence might be avoided.
Scottish Police Federation (SPF) General Secretary David Kennedy told a meeting at the SNP conference in Aberdeen that the experiment would be “disastrous”.
Electric car prices to rise £3,400 without Brexit tariff extension
Electric car buyers will be hit with a £3,400 price increase in the new year unless an agreement is reached with the European Union to extend new charges, analysis has shown.
The combined cost of £4.3 billion on electric cars could be avoided by striking an extension to post-Brexit tariff arrangements by the end of the year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The government, the SMMT and its EU counterpart, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, are calling for a three-year delay before implementing the rules.
The SMMT said that without a deal factory gate prices would rise £3,400 on EU-manufactured battery-electric vehicles, with a £3,600 rise on UK-made electric cars sold in Europe.
Call for more help on heat pumps to meet net zero target
The government needs to vastly expand subsidies for heat pumps in order to meet net zero goals, a group of independent advisers have warned.
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said pumps were not being installed fast enough and questioned the prime minister's carbon pledges.
More money is also needed for urban transport, it said.
The government said it would deliver the transport "that matters most" and take a pragmatic approach to net zero.
Net zero means no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere. CO2 is released when oil, gas and coal are burned in homes, factories and to power transport, and it contributes to an increase in global temperatures by trapping the sun's energy.
Under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, 197 countries - including the UK - agreed to try to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C by 2100.
To achieve this, scientists say that net zero CO2 emissions should be reached by 2050.
Overhype: Liquidation for Aberdeen business as director sets up new fashion shop
Aberdeen reselling firm Overhype, which operated a shop at The Green, has started a liquidation process.
Owned by 21-year-old Samuel Rattray, the business specialised in reselling sought-after trainers and branded clothes.
In the past month Overhype Ltd has appointed liquidators and The Green store has closed.
Mr Rattray set up a new business with Companies House, OH Scotland Ltd in August, and opened a new shop at the Galleria Shopping Centre in Bon Accord Street this month, The Press and Journal reports.