Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.
Thousands of ‘stuck’ renewables projects
Legal experts have warned that the UK's push for net-zero and greater energy security may be undermined, as thousands of renewables projects are stuck in a protracted planning and consenting process.
Energy Voice says that, despite the country’s ambition around its renewables build-out, onerous paperwork, legal challenges and a lack of talent may be hindering progress.
"We've been involved in consenting energy projects for a number of years and, in our experience it's getting harder, it's getting more complex and the time taken from project inception to delivery is getting longer," explained Paul Maile, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland.
He points to a project like Dogger Bank – being developed in phases off the coast of Yorkshire - for which application processes began in 2011. The project was later consented in 2015 and is now under construction, with a completion date in 2026.
"If you put that kind of timescale against some of the energy targets that the UK has set itself - particularly the 50GW of offshore wind by 2030 - you can see that that is going to be very challenging to achieve unless there is some step change in streamlining the process," Mr Maile added.
Warning about Black Friday ‘deals’
Shoppers searching for Black Friday bargains at the end of this week are being warned that most deals do not offer genuine discounts.
Analysis of more than 200 offers last Black Friday found 98% were cheaper or the same price at other times in the year, says consumer group Which?
The BBC says the warning comes as the number of people hitting UK shops this Black Friday is forecast at 12.8% higher than 2021, retail experts Springboard said.
Many are under extra pressure to make savings as the cost of living rises.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday (November 28) are the busiest dates in the retail calendar. Previous years have seen a shopping frenzy featuring long queues, empty shelves and scenes of customers fighting over the last cut-price TV.
Thousands of North Sea wells to be decommissioned
Over 2,000 North Sea oil and gas wells are to be decommissioned at a cost of around £20billion over the next decade.
Offshore Energies UK has published its latest Decommissioning Insight report today.
The study found that British decommissioning is expanding fast and predicts a surge in activity over the next three to four years.
It says the sector will continue growing as emerging offshore energy technologies, like offshore wind farms, also require the service.
Eggs rationed at Tesco
Tesco has become the latest supermarket to ration the number of eggs customers can buy due to supply issues.
Customers at the UK's biggest supermarket are now limited to buying only three boxes of eggs, after Asda and Lidl set similar limits last week.
The BBC says the move comes as UK poultry farmers face rising costs for chicken feed and energy, at a time when they are also being hit by an outbreak of bird flu.
It has led to a squeeze on the supply of eggs to supermarket shelves.
Tesco has now introduced a temporary rationing policy, following Lidl's decision to limit the number of egg boxes to three per customer.
Asda has set a two-box limit per customer, but other grocers, such as Sainsbury's and Morrisons, are yet to make similar moves.
Another teachers strike
A second Scottish teachers' union has confirmed dates for strike action in a drive for improved pay.
Members of the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association will walk out on either December 7 or 8.
The BBC says a ballot of the union's 6,500 members saw 96% vote for strike action on a turnout of 71%.
Members of Scotland's largest teachers' union, the EIS, are due to strike on Thursday in move which will close almost all of the country's schools.
Better cryptocurrency regulations needed
Better regulations are needed to protect the financial system after the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, a senior Bank of England official has said.
Digital currencies are still too small to pose a threat but that will soon change, said Sir Jon Cunliffe.
Sir Jon, who is deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank, also said the recent volatility in the value of cryptocurrencies posed a threat.
He said the crypto world was, at present, not "large enough or interconnected enough with mainstream finance to threaten the stability of the financial system".
But the BBC reports that he said its links with mainstream finance were developing rapidly.
Court move over Brae decommissioning
Taqa and Spirit Energy are taking fellow North Sea firm Viaro Energy to court to recover costs linked to decommissioning the Brae oilfield.
Viaro Energy sold its share of the field in 2020 to Fujairah Oil and Gas for just 75p.
Energy Voice says Fujairah went on to default on its share of the bill for dismantling the field - with those multimillion-pound costs falling to the Brae partners.
Taqa and Brae partner Spirit are now seeking to recover costs from Viaro "and others" over the issue.
In newly-published documents to Companies House, Viaro said it is taking legal advice and deems it "unlikely" that Taqa and Spirit will succeed.
Call for review of funding model
A "payment-by-results" Scottish Government investment scheme has paid out, despite projects missing their targets.
The Growth Accelerator Model (GAM) was used to help fund Dundee's waterfront redevelopment and the St James shopping centre in Edinburgh.
Under GAM, local councils fund some of the work up front - and Scottish ministers pay them back, but only if the flagship schemes hit economic targets such as creating jobs.
However, documents released under freedom of information laws show both the Dundee and Edinburgh projects have missed some of their targets - including increasing the amount of business rates collected - but payments were made anyway.
The BBC says one of the targets in Dundee has now been changed and Edinburgh City Council has asked for some of its deal's targets to be downgraded in order to help it secure future government payments.
The Scottish Futures Trust, a Scottish government agency which manages the GAM programme, insisted it was a "viable funding model" and the payouts were approved as a result of the impact of the Covid pandemic.
But the Lib Dems have called for a "comprehensive and thorough review" of the projects' funding model.