Yorkshire BS hires Santander’s Tom Ranger as CFO
Yorkshire Building Society has confirmed that Santander UK executive Tom Ranger will join the mutual as chief finance officer (CFO) later this year. Yorkshire Building…
Yorkshire Building Society has confirmed that Santander UK executive Tom Ranger will join the mutual as chief finance officer (CFO) later this year. Yorkshire Building…
Newcastle-based NorthStandard, the global marine insurer, has reported a rise in premium income “with positive market response”s to its post-merger scale and global operating structure….
Leeds Building Society has reported that its net savings inflow increased to a record high of £2.7 billion in 2023, with total savings balances reaching a…
Leeds Building Society has announced agreements with North Yorkshire Council and North Norfolk District Council to stop new loans on holiday let homes during a…
Green hydrogen pioneer GeoPura has completed a £56 million investment round that it said will help accelerate the UK’s adoption of green hydrogen by expanding…
Shares of York-based life sciences firm Aptamer Group plc rose about 11% after it announced the second phase of its ongoing partnership with Neuro-Bio, an Oxfordshire-based…
Merseyside-based Applied Nutrition announced the appointment of AJ Bell founder Andy Bell as its new chair. Tony Buffin, former CEO of Holland & Barrett and COO of Travis Perkins…
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said it raided three residences and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as it announced it is investigating…
Manchester United plc and Trawlers Limited, an entity wholly owned by Jim Ratcliffe, have confirmed that Ratcliffe has completed his acquisition of 25% of the…
Manchester headquartered specialist lender Assetz Capital said it has launched a new planning assistance loan product aimed at supporting the conversion of commercial buildings in to residential…
First Milk, the Cumbria-based co-operative, said it completed the acquisition of BV Dairy (Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Limited), the manufacturer of specialist chilled dairy products…
Student accommodation specialist Unite Students and Newcastle University have contracted to form a joint venture (JV) to develop a 2,000-bed site at the University’s Castle…
Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc said its revenue rose 11% to a record £432 million in the year ended December 31, 2023, “led by exceptional trading…
Skipton Group announced that Sarah Whitney is to step down from her role as a non-executive director of Skipton Building Society and as chair of…
Homes England has acquired Quayside West, the largest land parcel in Forth Yards, one of the most significant brownfield regeneration sites in Newcastle. “Located right…
Sheffield-based aquaculture biotechnology firm Benchmark Holdings said on Thursday its first-quarter revenues were £40.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023, 26% below “a particularly strong…
Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc said its revenue fell 11.4% to £151.5 million and profit before tax dropped 55.3% to £7.2 million in the half…
Shares of Leeds-based Jet2 plc rose as much as 5% after it published a positive trading update in which it slightly raised its profit guidance for…
The Liverpool City Region (LCR) Freeport is set to create 500 full-time jobs at a massive new logistics facility to be developed at 3MG in…
Newcastle-based Newcells Biotech — whose laboratory models are used in drug development and reduce reliance on animal testing — has raised a further £2.35 million to…
Singapore-based ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited announced that its subsidiary CityFleet Networks has acquired Accrington-based CMAC Group, a ground transport management and accommodation network specialist, for £80.2…
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) said it had a strong start to 2024, serving 3.9 million passengers across its airports in January. The passenger total for…
Liverpool-based delivery firm Yodel said it has been acquired by YDLGP Limited, a newly formed company connected to logistics firm Shift, for an undisclosed amount….
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Richard Bowles as Chief Risk Officer to lead the mutual’s compliance, risk and legal teams. “He joins at a crucial…
LDC, the private equity division of Lloyds Banking Group, has invested in the expanding Manchester insurtech business Uinsure to support its growth strategy. Founded in 2007,…
North East Local Enterprise Partnership CEO Helen Golightly has announced her intention to leave public service in May. Golightly said in a statement: “I am…
Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said its housing revenue fell 30% to £1.25 billion the six months ended January 31, 2024, down from £1.8 billion…
PulmoBioMed — a Northumbria University spinout which has developed a new lung test that could lead to earlier diagnosis of asthma and other conditions —…
Shares of James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm, fell as much as 13% after it published an update on trading for the…
Manchester-based Bruntwood SciTech – the commercial real estate joint venture between Bruntwood, Legal & General and Greater Manchester Pension Fund – said it has secured a…
Shares of Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma rose about 20% after it announced that Dublin-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc will acquire Redx’s KRAS (Kirsten rat sarcoma virus)…
Shares of Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons — the maker of Carex and Imperial Leather — fell as much as 20% after the firm warned…
Barratt, the UK’s biggest homebuilder, said it has made a recommended all-share offer to buy Flintshire-based Redrow in a deal valuing its smaller rival at about £2.52…
Global investment firm Carlyle has provided real estate developer Round Hill Capital with a £115 million development loan to fund the construction of Fairfax, a…
The latest Deloitte Regional Crane Surveys show that residential and purpose-built student housing developments led construction activity across four of the UK’s most important regional…
Shares of SysGroup plc, the IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, rose more than 20% after it said it performed well during the third…
Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda announced it will open 110 Asda Express convenience stores in February – a record for a single month – to accelerate…
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) said it has expanded its existing relationship with Greater Manchester affordable housing firm Jigsaw Homes Group following the completion…
More than £35 million of funding for the restoration of the Tyne Bridge has finally been signed off by the UK government. The Department for…
Manchester-based commercial property giant Bruntwood Group Limited said it has reported unrealised revaluation losses of £199m for the year to October 2, 2023, and a…
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said its full year total revenue excluding fuel rose 2.7% to £14.9 billion in the 52 weeks ending October 29, 2023. Full year…
AppLearn, the Manchester-based digital adoption platform (DAP) vendor, has been acquired by Nexthink. With dual headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, and Lausanne, Switzerland, Nexthink has nine offices worldwide. AppLearn…
Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, said its revenue for the half year ended November…
Shares of ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, rose more than 20% after it published results for the six months to October…
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said on Tuesday it has agreed a £2.5 billion deal to sell 337 petrol forecourts to Motor Fuel Group (MFG). Both Morrisons…
Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group said it is “firmly on track to deliver FY24 results in line with the board’s expectations” and, following…
Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group trimmed its annual profit forecast on Tuesday as the firm’s CEO said sales growth during its peak…
Shares of Northcoders Group plc, the provider of digital, software and coding training programmes, rose about 5% after it published a trading update for the year ended…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that its chief financial officer (CFO) Alasdair Lenman plans to retire in June this year after seven years with the mutual…
Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings told its AGM that its order book at December 31, 2023, had risen to £874 million from £861 million…
Shares of Supreme plc, the Manchester vaping and fast-moving consumer products firm, rose as much as 10% after it published an “excellent” trading update for…
The Leeds-based UK Infrastructure Bank has announced a £200 million loan to support the development of AESC’s gigafactory in the North East of England. The…
Newcastle-based venture capital and social investment firm Northstar Ventures has launched its first Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, the Northstar EIS Growth Fund, which is now open for subscriptions….
North Yorkshire-based global renewable energy firm Drax Group announced that it plans to establish a new independent business unit that will focus on becoming “the global…
Glenbrook, Moorfield Group and Clarion Housing Group have officially announced their plan to deliver 639 new homes at a site close to the Old Trafford…
NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, said its revenue fell 9.9% to £159.2 million in the six months to November 30, 2023, but the…
Shares of York-based Animalcare Group plc, the international veterinary sales and marketing business, rose as much as 5% after it published an unaudited trading update for…
James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm, announced that former Ørsted executive Shian Jastram will join its board as an independent non-executive director…
Shares of Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, rose as much as 8% after it published a positive trading update…
Manchester-based Co-op Group, the UK’s largest consumer co-operative, has announced its growth plans as it looks to increase the number of its member-owners from 5 million…
Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell as much as 20% after it published a further update on its Christmas and first-half trading…
Runcorn-based nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc announced that it has received the second tranche of litigation proceeds from Samsung after settling last year on a “no…
Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail S.A. announced that Peter Bamford, chairman of the firm since March 2018, has informed the board of his…
Shares of Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based land promotion and property investment group, fell as much as 10% after it published a trading update for the year ended December…
Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo announced that Shaun McCabe has resigned from his role as chief financial officer (CFO) “by mutual agreement and with immediate effect.” McCabe…
Manchester United has announced the appointment of Omar Berrada as its new chief executive officer (CEO) following his departure from rivals Manchester City. Berrada served…
Sheffield-based Benchmark Holdings said its board has decided to “undertake a formal review of the company’s strategic options including, but not limited to, a sale of…
Almost 17,000 new businesses were set up in the North East of England in 2023, according the new research from R3, the UK’s insolvency and…
Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, announced a share buyback programme of up to £60 million as it completed the acquisition of…
More than 47,000 UK businesses start 2024 on “the edge of collapse” after levels of “critical financial distress” again rose over 25%, according to the…