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The UK government said that thousands of civil service jobs will be relocated to 13 towns and cities across the UK as part of its…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said its revenue rose 1.7% to £4.76 billion in the year ended February 28, 2025, with adjusted profit before tax falling 15.8%…

Northern Gritstone, the investment firm focused on life sciences and deeptech businesses in the North of England, has announced a multi-year partnership agreement with the…

A new railway connecting Liverpool and Manchester could kickstart a £90 billion economic transformation across the North West of England — and help reshape how…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc announced the sale of FibreNest, its full fibre broadband service, to BUUK Infrastructure, subject to regulatory clearance. FibreNest will…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said it has made an encouraging start to 2025 with a return to group revenue growth…

Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings plc said its “group order book development continues at record levels to £908m” as it reported that revenue increased…

Manchester-based holiday firm On the Beach Group said “another record year is expected” as its revenue rose 7% to £64.2million in the six months to…

Shares of Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick plc fell as much as 8% on Monday after some UK supermarkets suspended supplies from one of its…

Nelson, Lancashire-based telecoms firm Daisy Group and Virgin Media O2 announced plans to merge their direct B2B operations to create “a major new force” in…

Be.EV, the Manchester-based electric vehicle charging network, said it agreed a new partnership with Schroders Capital that will see more than 200 ultra-rapid EV charging bays…

Newton Aycliffe-based Tekmar Group, a provider of technology and services for global offshore energy markets, announced the award of a new contract to provide grouting services…

Up to 1,000 jobs are to be created at a new state-of-the-art gigafactory in Sunderland in a £1 billion auto deal to accelerate the UK’s…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said on Friday that Gavin Slark has resigned as the group’s CEO. Slark, who has been SIG CEO…

Newcastle-based building services group Northern Bear plc announced the appointment of Julian Davis to its board as chief financial officer (CFO) of the company, effective…

Landsec said it has appointed global media professional Alice Webb as chief executive officer of MediaCity in Salford, reinforcing its ambition “to position the destination as…

Manchester-based private equity firm Palatine said it has acquired a majority stake in Atombit Group, which it called a fast-growth pan-European leader in “Experience Intelligence” spanning…

Denmark’s Ørsted said it has decided to “discontinue” the giant Hornsea 4 wind farm project off the Yorkshire coast in the UK “in its current…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group said on Wednesday Josh Hoopes will be appointed CEO on June 30 as it becomes a pure-play agriculture business….

Harrogate-based IT managed services provider Redcentric plc, which has undergone a number of boardroom changes in the past year, on Wednesday announced the appointment of Michelle Senecal…

Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory said its revenue grew 6.2% to £542.5 million and adjusted profit before tax rose 6.3% to £66 million,…

Northern Gritstone, the investment firm focused on life sciences and deeptech businesses in the North of England, has announced the appointment of entrepreneur and author Gordon…

York-based Aptamer Group plc, the developer of next-generation synthetic binders for the life science industry, announced “the successful adaptation of the Optimer-based test for Alzheimer’s disease into…

Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm ITM Power announced that it signed a contract to supply a NEPTUNE V unit to Westnetz GmbH, a…

County Durham-based Filtronic plc, a designer and manufacturer of products for the aerospace, defence, space and telecoms infrastructure markets, announced on Tuesday that the outlook for both…

The University of Manchester is partnering with the UK central bank, the Bank of England, to improve access to economics in high schools in England….

About £280 billion is sitting in UK bank accounts earning no interest, according to new data released by the UK central bank. Currently, interest rates…

James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging group, has entered into an agreement for the sale of “certain non-core intellectual property assets associated…

Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) said its group revenue in the first three months of the year increased 6.1% to £121.4 million.  Organic…

Student accommodation developer Unite Students said it has entered into a joint venture (JV) framework agreement with Manchester Metropolitan University for the development of 2,300…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said its current private forward sales have increased 17% to £1.68 billion with a private average selling price of…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, has reported group like-for-like (LFL) sales growth of 2% to £636 million for the quarter to March 31, 2025….

York-based Aptamer Group plc, the developer of next-generation synthetic binders for the life science industry, said it has entered into a global licensing agreement with the University…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based online publisher of LADbible and other brands appealing to young readers, said its revenue rose 13% to £43.9 million and adjusted…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said on Wednesday that its chief financial officer (CFO) Mike Schmidt will also act as interim chief executive officer (CEO) while…

York-based international firm Animalcare Group plc said its 2024 revenues from continuing operations increased 4.9% to £74.2 million “with sales growth delivered across all three…

Leeds-based international firm PureGym Group said its 2024 revenue increased 10% to £605 million and reported EBITDA rose 10.5% to £256 million “driven by ongoing…

A flight inspection company which has served the UK military for almost 30 years has signed a new lease to cement its place at Teesside…

Shares of Leeds-based Jet2 plc rose as much as 16% after it announced a “healthy” year end trading update and a £250 million share buy back….

Shares of Manchester-based online retailing group THG fell as much as 5% to around 27p as it published results for the financial year ended December 31,…

Manchester-based global cyber security firm NCC Group plc said it agreed a new four-year £120 million multi-currency revolving credit facility (RCF). The facility is provided by a syndicate…

Frontier Development Capital (FDC), the debt funding specialist that is part of Mercia Asset Management, has launched a new £81.5 million fund to support the…

Blackburn-based petrol forecourt and convenience retail giant EG Group — owned by brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity group TDR Capital — announced that…

The Northern Gateway Development Vehicle (NGDV), a partnership between Rotherham land developer Harworth and Russell LDP, the Manchester-headquartered industrial and logistics specialists, submitted an outline…

The Cumberland Building Society announced that CEO Des Moore will step aside from his role in summer 2026, after eight years with the organisation. The…

Runcorn nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc said it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. The University of…

Manchester-based private equity firm Palatine said it has successfully raised its largest-ever fund, closing Buyout Fund V at £254 million. Palatine attracted a number of new…

Chester-based GB Group (GBG), the global identity verification, location intelligence and fraud prevention company, said on Thursday its revenue rose 3% on a constant currency basis…

County Durham-based Filtronic plc, a designer and manufacturer of products for the aerospace, defence, space and telecoms infrastructure markets, announced a new contract to develop cutting…

Blackpool-based Tandem Bank – the UK’s “greener digital bank” – published its latest annual report, posting the company’s first statutory profit as revenue rose 9% to £98.7…

Shares of Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international steel group, rose as much as 25% on Thursday after it published a trading update for the…

Salford-based investment platform giant AJ Bell has reported record assets under administration (AUA) of £90.4 billion, up 13% over the last year and 1% over…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc said its chairman James Thomson “wishes to step down from the board and has resigned as a director with…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc said in an AGM trading update that group revenue rose 1.2% year-on-year to £39.3 million in the three months…

Manchester-based technology training firm Northcoders Group plc reported “record” results for the year ended December 31, 2024, with group revenue rising 24% to £8.8 million…

Shares of Supreme plc, the Manchester-based supplier of vaping supplies, drinks and fast-moving consumer goods, fell about 10% after it published a trading update for…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc announced that it has refinanced its core banking facilities that were due to mature in May 2026….

Leeds Building Society is searching for a new chief financial officer after the mutual said current CFO Andy Conroy announced he “will now be seeking his…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 specialty chemicals giant, reported first-quarter sales up 8% to £442 million — and said it intends to apply…

Manchester-based online retailing group THG said on Wednesday it “unequivocally rejected” a “wholly unsolicited, largely unfunded, highly conditional and non-binding proposal” from investment vehicle Selkirk to…

Shares of Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm ITM Power rose as much as 20% on Tuesday after it raised its guidance for FY25. “Revenue…