Team17 first-half revenue up 31% to £69.7m

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…











Gear4music shares up 30% amid margins focus

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…




NCC, Manchester cyber firm, delays results

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…


DFS secures new £250m credit facilities

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)…


Everton shares in Asset Match quarterly auction

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…







B&M buys up to 51 Wilko properties for £13m

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…



Jet2 board changes as Terrell becomes chairman

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…


Select secures £128m for Manchester apartments

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…



Linen giant Johnson acquires Celtic Linen

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…




Beal gets OK to build another 600 Goole homes

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…










Gleeson Homes appoints McElroy as sales director

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…





Redx Pharma shares up 20% amid FDA drug news

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…










Co-op Bank acquires £479m Sainsbury’s mortgages

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…



Drax welcomes UK Government biomass support

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…