Herald Business LIVE: Today's top stories - October 20

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.
Vanilla opens new fashion store at Livingston shopping centre
Scottish cheesemaker increases turnover to £293m amid ‘heightened price war’
Almost 70% of capital's licensed short-term lets lack planning permission
'Postcode lottery' leaves Scottish firms lost in business rates maze
Halo named title sponsor for Edinburgh Winter Festival
North Berwick pub and restaurant opens after major revamp
Connected Kerb opens Aberdeen hub to build 25,000 EV chargers by 2030
Inside Scotland's business rates: Who pays and how are bills calculated?
Reset the Rates: Six reforms to fix Scotland's broken business rates system
The £32m East Lothian question lurking behind Edinburgh's business rates win
John Swinney hails ‘golden opportunity’ for Scottish businesses in India
Scottish city restaurant company placed into liquidation
Scotland unemployment falls to 4.3 per cent, below UK average