Herald Business LIVE: Today's top stories - October 14

Welcome to The Herald's Business live blog, where we’ll be bringing you the latest developments from across Scotland’s business industry.

• Good afternoon, welcome to The Herald's Business live blog, where we’ll be bringing you the latest developments from across Scotland.
• Hillhouse opens £5m asphalt plant to serve east Scotland
• Erskine shopping centre changes hands in £21m deal for first time since 1980s
• White Stuff to open new store at Frasers Plus Braehead this autumn
• Defence firm in bid to convert Mossmorran site into weapons factory
• Sheila Fleet jewellery store wins two national awards
• Scots ethics watchdog defends decision to shred councillor freedom of speech files
• Scottish city housing developer collapses into administration
• North Sea report warns blocking Rosebank will cost billions
• Nami Surgical secures £3.4m to develop robotic surgery tools
• The worst-rated UK bank branches revealed in Google reviews