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Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.

Demand that Lloyd's stop insuring fossil-fuels projects

Climate-change protesters have said they used superglue and bike locks to block entrances to insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London yesterday.

Dozens of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists were at the location. They have demanded Lloyd's stop insuring fossil-fuels projects. Lloyd's advised employees not to come to the building, but said trading continued.

Some people had scaled the outside of the marketplace. Banners were unfurled, reading "end fossil fuels now" and "insure climate justice".

XR spokeswoman Clare Walmsley told the BBC: "We're here to demand an end to all new fossil fuel investments and insurance.

"By underwriting the world's most deadly fossil-fuel projects, they are creating climate chaos - floods, famine, wildfires and death.

"Insuring new oil and gas projects in the North Sea will do nothing to solve the cost-of-living crisis either. Instead, it locks us into a system that's already pushing millions into poverty."

Huge increase in losses at offshore helicopter firm

North Sea helicopter operator Babcock slumped to pre-tax losses of £383million in 2021.

Energy Voice says that is a deterioration on the previous year when the company reported losses of just £711,000.

Babcock Missions Critical Services, formerly part of London-listed Babcock International, has lodged its accounts for 2021 with Companies House.

The results come as Babcock International tries to close a drawn-out deal to sell its Aberdeen-headquartered oil and gas aviation business to CHC Helicopters.

Jobless numbers in north-east falling faster than Scottish average

The number of people out of work and seeking employment in Aberdeen city and shire is falling at a faster pace than the Scottish average.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show the number of unemployed people in Scotland fell by 3,000 to 97,000 during the quarter to April - down by 30,000, or 23.6%, year-on-year.

The Press and Journal says the unemployment rate north of the border is at 3.5%, lower than the UK average of 3.8%.

And the number of people employed in Scotland has hit 2.6million - up 8,000 year-on-year.

Titanic yard lands cruise-ship contract

The shipyard that built the Titanic has won the UK's first cruise ship contract in more than 20 years.

Harland & Wolff will undertake work on P&O Cruises' ship Aurora and Cunard's Queen Victoria in its dry docks in Belfast.

The Queen Victoria will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard.

The Telegraph says the awards will come as a boon to Harland & Wolff, which has fallen on hard times in recent years after once being the most prolific builder of ocean liners in the world.

London-based energy firm InfraStrata saved the yard from closure in 2019, paying £6million for the company. Around £1billion of taxpayer money is estimated to have been pumped into the business over the years.

Airline offering £1,000 welcome bonus to cabin crew lured from competitors

British Airways is trying to lure cabin crew with security clearances from rivals with a £1,000 welcome bonus amid ferocious competition for staff.

With airlines struggling to fill staff vacancies, the flag carrier has raised the stakes by advertising for cabin crew "with attestation and hold a current Heathrow or Stansted airside ID".

The job description states: "For candidates who are successfully offered a role through this campaign, we're offering a welcome bonus of £1,000 - paid in two instalments - £500 after your first three months, £500 after six months in role."

Sources at rivals claimed this was an attempt by BA to poach their staff.

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