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Union leaders are demanding that banking and finance employers take action to ensure that workers are granted “toilet dignity” in the workplace.

Laura Irvine Independent commercial law firm Davidson Chalmers has recruited Laura Irvine as its 11th partner to head up its newly launched Regulatory Team. She joins from BTO Solicitors where she was a partner.

Barry O'Neill and Darren Lees of Carbon Financial Carbon Financial has once again won the Gold Standard Award for Independent Financial Advice, becoming one of only eight firms in the UK so recognised this year.

New data has revealed that dividends paid out by the world’s 1,200 largest companies rose 5.1 per cent to $354.2 billion over the past three months, a record for third-quarter payouts.

Chris Wilkie Independent accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has been reappointed to the audit panel of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), which protects millions of employees across the UK.

New figures from Aviva have revealed an encouraging response to its equal parental leave policy which was introduced one year ago. More than 700 employees have made use of the scheme internationally, including around 300 men.

Montrose Port Authority (MPA), a leading support and service hub for the energy industry, has received £5.4 million from Royal Bank of Scotland, which will support the Port’s master plan redevelopment.

Debbie Crosbie The TSB has announced that Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank chief operating officer Debbie Crosbie is to become its new CEO following the resignation of Paul Pester in the wake of the lender’s multiple IT meltdowns this year.

Gregor Duthie As Gourmet Burger Kitchen announces the closure of 17 restaurants in a Company Voluntary Arrangement, the number of empty units on our high streets increases by the day. But when most retail premises are occupied under ten or fifteen year leases, Gregor Duthie, Senior Associate, Real E

Mike Wells Over the first nine months of 2018, the Prudential Group's life insurance business saw profit increase by 17 per cent (12 per cent on an actual exchange rate basis), which it said reflected the strength and diversity of the group's positioning.

Dougal Dunn Sharp Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced plans to build a large scale brewery in Edinburgh.

Careless shoppers this Black Friday and Cyber Monday could be in line for big losses, according to new data from Barclays.

191 West George Street, NFU Mutual’s landmark office development in Glasgow city centre, has secured its second occupier following completion of an extensive refurbishment project.

Edinburgh has come in as the second best city in the UK to start a small business in a study focusing on criteria including the amount of highly-skilled workers, affordability of housing and current business stock.

Michael D’Arcy Efforts to encourage Scottish and Irish financial businesses to work more closely together is to be at the centre of affairs when Michael D’Arcy, Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Finance, visits Edinburgh on Friday 16 November 2018.