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A new independent body has been launched to help drive up standards for new-build homes and strengthen protections for buyers across the UK. Members of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) will oversee the introduction of a new industry code of practice in the months ahead, placing more responsib

Smart Metering Systems plc (SMS) has conditionally sold a minority of the group’s meter assets to funds managed by Equitix Investment Management Limited for a total gross cash consideration of £291 million. The group expects to receive net cash consideration of £282m, aft

Aberdeen City Council has put more than 300 commercial properties up for sale in a bid to raise £45 million for local services. The local authority is selling 90 industrial units, 15 offices, 75 shops and 130 ground lease properties, the Evening Express reports.

Invizius, the University of Edinburgh spin-out whose technology could help reduce the high death rates amongst dialysis patients, has raised £2.75 million from a consortium of investors. The funding round was led by Mercia and included Downing Ventures, the University’s Old College Capit

An Edinburgh-based entrepreneur is seeking to raise £600,000 for a new start-up, likened to Airbnb for commercial property, with support from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Private rocket company SpaceX has raised over $1 billion since the beginning of the year with the help of a $71.4 million capital injection from Scottish investment manager Baillie Gifford.

The Bank of England has today announced that interest rates are to remain at 0.75 per cent where they have been since the Bank of England last raised them by a quarter of a percentage point last August. At the moment, the Bank said it is expecting just one rise in interest rates by 2021.

A Scottish independent pub group has launched a bid to raise £20m to fund its expansion through acquisitions. The Edinburgh-based Bruce Group Scotland Ltd, which owns 19 pubs in and around the capital, is issuing a £20m bond to fund growth over the next few years.

The owner of Patisserie Valerie has today said the that its finance director Chris Marsh has been arrested and then released on bail in relation to the discovery of a black hole of £20 million or more the firm’s accounts.

Turcan Connell has raised an impressive £8,181 for its nominated Charity of the Year, Down’s Syndrome Scotland, through its charity hockey tournament which saw the law and wealth management firm take on teams from Barclays, Cornelian, French Duncan, Galbraith, Pinsents, Rathbones, Tcam, DLA Pipe

The Bank of England is still more likely than not to raise interest rates from 0.50 per cent to 0.75 per cent on Thursday after the August Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting – most probably with a split vote (possibly 7-2 in favour of a hike), experts at EY have predicted.

More than 2,200 walkers took to the streets of Aberdeen city and ‘Shire yesterday for the Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk raising funds for 273 local charities.

The fundraising efforts of staff at the Dundee headquarters of Scottish accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has seen more than £1,800 raised for a charity which provides emergency food and support to local people in need.

Dougal Gunn Sharp Edinburgh-based brewery Innis & Gunn has smashed its £1 million crowd-funding target in just three days.

Edinburgh-based accounting software developer FreeAgent is set to float on the London Stock Exchange later this month with a market capitalisation of between £31 million and £35 million.