Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
Deep sea diver wins £900,000 payout after losing a leg at work
A deep sea diver who returned to work on the seabed 18 months after losing a leg when he was crushed by a giant underwater hammer has won more than £900,000 in compensation.
Veteran diver Allan Peacock, 55, suffered devastating injuries when he was crushed by heavy equipment while working underwater off the coast of India in 2011.
When a heavy pile hammering a nail into the seabed unexpectedly moved, he was sucked between two pieces of equipment and his foot was crushed, resulting in the amputation of his leg below the knee. Despite that, with efforts described as “quite exceptional” by a surgeon, he was back working underwater within 18 months with the help of a special prosthetic leg.
He sued at the High Court and has now been awarded £765,866 in compensation from his former employer, Del Seatek India Private Limited, having already received £169,000 from the barge operator.
North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyber attacks
Fashion brand The North Face and luxury jeweller Cartier have become the latest retailers to report having customer data stolen in cyber attacks.
North Face has emailed some customers saying it discovered a "small-scale" attack in April this year. Cartier said "an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our system".
Both brands say data such as customers names and email addresses were taken, but financial information was not.
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Entrepreneur opens new reformer Pilates studio in Aberdeen
Aberdeen entrepreneur Jonathan Harper has jumped headfirst into the global wellness wave, investing £60,000 to transform his west end fitness space into a high-end reformer Pilates studio.
StudioBe, based at 13 Carden Place, has relaunched with a luxury fit-out and mission to bring reformer Pilates, hot yoga, barre classes and more to the city.
Just two days in, the studio had already notched up over 500 class bookings and a host of influencer visits.
Read more in the P&J.
Surgical robot maker CMR explores $4bn sale
A Cambridge-based surgical robotics company backed by a series of global investors is pursuing a possible sale of the business for about $4billion.
CMR Surgical, which recently raised a further $200million from existing backers after a regulatory breakthrough in the United States, has hired advisers to consider its options.
Founded in 2014, the company is based in Cambridge, where it also has a manufacturing site. It employs more than 500 people, including about 400 in the UK, and has raised more than $1billion since it was founded.
Oreo maker sues Aldi in US over 'copycat' packaging
The corporation behind Oreo has filed a lawsuit in the US against the budget supermarket Aldi, accusing it of "blatantly" copying the packaging of its famous snacks.
Court documents showed that Mondelēz International said Aldi uses similar packaging likely to "deceive" consumers and "ride the coattails" of the company's "attraction, fame and prestige".
This is not the first time Aldi has been embroiled in a trademark battle. Earlier this year, it lost a battle with Cider producers Thatchers, which accused the supermarket of copying its drink in "taste and appearance".