Northern Financial Review

Shares of Northcoders Group plc, the provider of software coding training programmes, fell about 25% after it warned that it “expects revenue and profits for the…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, said its revenue increased 31% to £69.7 million in the six months to…

Manchester-based household products firm McBride said its revenue rose 31.1% to £889 million in the year to June 30, 2023, and it swung to an adjusted…

Northern Gritstone has invested in C-Capture, the designer of chemical processes for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, as part of a funding round of up to…

Everton Football Club announced that Miami-based private equity firm 777 Partners has signed an agreement with Farhad Moshiri to acquire his 94.1% stake in the…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc fell as much as 20% after it announced results for the half-year ended June 30, 2023, showing revenue…

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) announced it will appoint CBRE Ltd as the new investment advisor for its Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund (GMPVF). The…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc said its group revenue fell 12.1% to £328.3 million in the year to June 30, 2023, and profit before…

Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) has reported its “total transaction value” (TTV) of holidays rose 26% to a record £1.1 billion for…

Henry Boot Developments (HBD) said it is about to submit a major planning application for Colloco, a “highly sustainable” 200,000 sq ft office scheme within…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics company Genedrive announced the immediate appointment of James Cheek as CEO. Cheek will succeed David Budd who has notified the company of his…

Shares of York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music rose roughly 30% on Friday after it published a trading update for its AGM saying that trading during…

Manchester-based fashion and homeware digital retailer N Brown Group has announced a partnership with Sainsbury’s for its Simply Be brand. N Brown’s other retail brands include JD…

Shares of Leeds-based Jet2 plc rose as much as 7% after it said it is on track to exceed current market expectations for group profit before…

NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, said its auditor KPMG has requested additional time to complete its work on the firm’s results for the…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc announced the successful completion of a new £200 million revolving credit facility (RCF) and £50 million issue of US private placement (USPP)…

Asset Match, alongside Blankstone Sington and Albert E Sharp, have launched a new trading facility for Everton Football Club’s ordinary shares. “A new quarterly auction will offer total transparency…

Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, said its order book was £479 million at September 1, down from £510 million at June 1 — with…

Shares of Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) rose about 11% after it said its full year outturn is expected to be” slightly ahead…

Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons — the maker of Carex and Imperial Leather — confirmed that it has made an offer to acquire the minority-held shares…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc reported that its financial performance in the first four months of the new financial year “has…

Shares of Manchester United Plc fell by as much as 21% on Tuesday after a report in the Mail On Sunday claimed that the Glazer…

Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail S.A. confirmed on Tuesday it agreed with the joint administrators of Wilko Limited (in administration) to acquire up…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based professional services consultancy, said it is expanding its operations in South Wales following the acquisition of Jones Giles & Clay…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc announced that Robin Terrell, the company’s current senior independent non-executive director, has been appointed as non-executive chairman with immediate effect.   Jet2 announced…

Property developer Select Property has secured a £128.5 million development finance deal to take forward its landmark One Port Street residential development in the heart of Manchester’s…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc has acquired the trading assets of Davidson Chain PTY in Australia for AU$6 million. “Established in…

Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) said it acquired Ireland-based Harkglade Limited and its subsidiaries Celtic Linen Limited and Millbrook Linen Limited for about £27.1…

Munich-based AM alpha, a global family office for real estate investments, said it acquired the office property 196 Deansgate in the heart of Manchester. AM…

Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the North of England, said it has led a £2…

Beal Homes announced it has secured full planning permission to complete the housebuilder’s largest-ever development, The Greenways in Goole. The planning approval from East Riding…

Sourced Development Group and Network Rail have submitted a planning application to Liverpool City Council for the £110 million redevelopment of four residential property sites…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc has published a trading update ahead of its results for the six-month period ended August 31, 2023, saying it has delivered a trading…

Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the North of England, has appointed Khadija Ashfaq as…

Manchester-based Grafenia, a serial acquirer of vertical market software (VMS) businesses, announced a fundraising of up to £27.9 million via a conditional share sale placing and…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc, which has agreed to be acquired by Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP for about £342 million, has reported…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group announced the appointment of former Duke Energy executive Andrea Bertone as a non-executive director and chair designate of the…

Kendal-based paper products and advanced materials firm James Cropper plc reported a 24% increase in revenue to £129.7 million and a 53% drop in profit before tax…

Leeds-based transport data analytics firm Tracsis plc said on Wednesday its revenue is expected to have increased by 19% to over £81.5 million in the year ended…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder Gleeson Homes announced the appointment of Steve McElroy to the newly created role of group sales director. McElroy has worked in the housebuilding…

Salford-based housing association Salix Homes said it has secured a £120 million refinancing deal with NatWest. “The deal means we can deliver the ambitions set…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc, which has agreed to a cash takeover offer worth about £504.2 million or £1.30 a share or from Canadian car dealer network…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, announced that its non-executive chair Chris Bell has decided to step down from his…

Shares of Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma rose as much as 20% after it announced that zelasudil (RXC007), an oral, selective Rho Associated Coiled-Coil Containing Protein…

Sheffield-based Fulcrum Utility Services Limited has announced plans to delist from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange for reasons including “the significant cost ……

Sheffield-based “equipment monitoring and data analytics business” Tan Delta announced the admission of its entire share capital to trading on the AIM Market of the…

The Leeds-based £58 billion Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, the largest UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) pool, has launched a new £700 million Emerging…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda has reported a 9.6% increase in like-for-like sales during the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same period a year earlier…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said its revenue rose 2% to £354.1 million for the six months ended June 30,…

A major study by the Manchester-based Co-op Group and children’s charity Barnardo’s has found that young people are “turning away from higher education” as the…

ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, has announced a non-binding heads of terms agreement for the sale of Motive Fuels Ltd. ITM…

AssetCool, a thermal metaphotonics company spun out of the University of Manchester, has completed a £2.25 million Series A Funding round. The largest capital commitment…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank has announced an agreement to acquire Sainsbury’s Bank’s mortgage portfolio. The portfolio comprises 3,500 customers with balances of around £479 million.    Co-operative…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it has provisionally cleared the proposed £1.2 billion cash acquisition of Leeds-based healthcare software and systems firm EMIS…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Thursday it welcomed the UK Government’s support for sustainably sourced biomass and the critical role that Bioenergy…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said its revenue fell about 30% to £1.19 billion and profit before tax plummeted 65% to £151 million for the…

Almost 5,000 people across the Liverpool City Region are set to receive free tablets, internet access and on-line skills training as part of a partnership…

Latest figures for the Liverpool City Region show the visitor economy is now worth over £5 billion — surpassing the pre-pandemic high of £4.98 billion…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said in a trading update its overall reservation rate fell 28.4% to 156 per week and its private reservation rate decreased…

JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, announced it has exercised its rights under a call option and entered into a conditional agreement to…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, reported a revenue rise of 5% to £1.423 billion in the six months to June 30, 2023 “including 3%…