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Financial services workers spend the least amount of time outside than any other industry and are potentially at risk of vitamin D deficiency, spending just 34 minutes outdoors during a day, according to new research.

Fiona Buchanan In its recently published Banking Deals Review 2016/17, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance practice has reported a strong twelve months of business. The past year has seen the firm’s finance lawyers' work on 144 deals worth £93.4 billion. Among the team’s clients in

Geoffrey Johnson A man from Angus who was one of Britain’s most wanted tax fugitives and at the centre of a vast, multi-million pound tax fraud, has been deported from Dubai after being caught travelling with a fake British passport.

The first sale of government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland in August 2015 was “well planned and organised and represented value for money”, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.

The UK government is to relocate 2,900 HMRC staff to a new hub at the centre of Edinburgh in a move that will see the number of the government department’s Scottish sites cut down to two main regional hubs.

Fiona Grant An artisan sea salt company which supplied Sainbury’s and was a recipient of funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise before its product was exposed by food inspectors for containing “80 per cent imported table salt” has gone into liquidation, with Fiona Grant and Lisa Hogg of

Susie Walker The UK Government’s plan for a digital transformation of how businesses report to HMRC has been pushed back after businesses complained the changes were coming in too quickly.

Dan Smith Office take-up in Aberdeen in the first half of 2017 has already reached approximately 270,000 sq ft (25,083 sq m), marking a 17 per cent increase on total take-up for the whole of 2016, which registered 231,000 sq ft / 21,469 sq m, according to real estate advisor Savills.

The weak pound and soaring numbers of American tourists helped drive strong growth in overseas visits to Scotland in the first three months of this year.

Ian Craig Peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has announced the appointment of Ian Craig as a regional relationship director in Scotland.

Euan Morrison Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have promoted third sector specialist Euan Morrison to the role of director.

Steven Fraser Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global mobility arm following a clutch of new contract wins, with a cumulative annual recurring value in excess of £1 million during 2017.

Peter Spencer UK growth will continue to struggle this year and next, as consumer spending feels the squeeze from rising inflation and muted earnings growth, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Summer Forecast.

Edinburgh-based data analytics specialist Staffmetrix has launched a new service designed to help organisations report their gender pay gap.

The average selling price of homes sold in Glasgow has increased by 10.7 per cent between April and June 2017 year-on-year, and by 11.2 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to the latest house price report from estate agents GSPC.