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The London stock market saw a sluggish beginning to 2023, as only five issuers raised a mere £81 million in the first quarter of the year. The main market had just two IPOs, raising a total of £63m, while the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) had three admissions, raising £18m. T

The Scottish Government's recent changes to the emergency rent freeze legislation have improved the position of private landlords but have also caused an imbalance in the rental market and raised questions about the government's long-term vision for the sector, writes Marcus Di Rollo. Private landlo

A cryptocurrency firm in the Netherlands has announced a new partnership with a producer of tulips. The novel partnership has raised eyebrows, given the association of both tulips and some cryptocurrencies with speculative bubbles - but Bitcoin Brabant and local farmers are calling it a "win-win".

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.

Edinburgh-based sustainable and ethical clothes production platform Unfolded, has raised £1.2 million to accelerate its mission to remove waste from the fashion industry and create a new sustainable way to shop for clothes. The round has been led by Techstart Ventures with Solid Bond, FJ Labs,

Data from Tech Nation and Dealroom has revealed that mid-stage scaling tech companies (at Series A) have raised $5.1 billion in 2022 so far signalling an all time record for H1. This compares to $5.6bn raised in the whole of 2021.

An auction in Norfolk selling off 60 colourful dinosaur and mammoth statues has raised more than £427,000 for charity. The GoGoDiscover sculptures were on display for the last ten weeks, from June to September, with the sale of the statues raising funds for Break, an initiative that support ch

Edinburgh-based Miso Legal, has raised substantial seed funding from an international group of angel investors, supported by Thorntons’ specialist high growth team. The funding - an undisclosed amount - will enable Miso Legal to invest in further enhancing and marketing the case analysis platf

The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates again, from 1.75% to 2.25%, as it attempts to curb rising inflation and return to its standard 2% target. The vote was close as the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), by a majority of 5-4, passed the measure to increase the bank rate by

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced investigations into Visa and Mastercard after the two firms raised fees more than five fold on a number of cross-border transactions after Brexit.

Satanists have demanded that their flag be raised over Boston city headquarters following a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The court this week ruled that the city violated the rights of a Christian group after snubbing its formal request for their flag to be flown outside

The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates from 0.75% to 1%, in an attempt to fight rising inflation. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by a majority of 6-3 to increase the bank rate by 0.25 percentage points. Those members in the minority preferred to increase the rate by 0.5 perc

Men could be prosecuted for failing to do an equal share of the housework under controversial proposals with surprisingly wide backing in France. The idea of introducing a criminal offence of non-sharing of domestic tasks was raised in the presidential election campaign by eco-feminist politician Sa

Which? is calling for an immediate pause on bank branch closures as its new analysis raises concerns that banks may be rushing to close branches before solutions to protecting access to cash can take effect. The consumer champion is urging banks to prove they can take effective action to stop people

Dundee-based Snappy Shopper hopes to create 400 new jobs after the firm raised £19.4 million of investment. Snappy Group is a tech firm with an online platform that helps convenience stores and small corner shops to monopolise on the growth in online grocery sales.