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Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group plc said on Tuesday it is not “aware of any investigation” by US Customs and Border Protection following reports claiming…

Snaith, East Yorkshire-based speciality chemicals giant Croda International said on Tuesday it will increase its total dividend to 91p per share or £122.6 million as…

The UK Government has confirmed it completed the £5 billion sale of Bradford & Bingley plc and NRAM Limited (formerly Northern Rock) and their remaining…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc on Monday published a trading update for the five-month period to January 31, 2021, ahead of its preliminary results for the year ended…

Shares of Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based equipment hire firm, rose about 5% on Monday after it announced it sold a business in the Middle East…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc announced that the company’s wholly-owned US subsidiary Yourgene Health Inc. has signed a supply agreement “with a large US…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons announced it has acquired Falfish, a family-owned wholesaler of sustainably sourced seafood based in Cornwall. Falfish has been a supplier of fish…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory plc fell about 6% on Friday after it published a stock exchange statement to update investors…

Leeds Building Society said on Friday it made profit before tax of £80.7 million in 2020 compared to £88 million in 2019 in a “robust”…

Shares of Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group rose about 3% on Friday after it published a trading update for the fourth…

Leeds-based Asda has announced “transformation proposals in response to changing shopping habits” that will involve creating 4,500 new roles in store-based online operations across the UK….

Shares of York-based Gear4music (Holdings) plc, the largest UK based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, rose about 10% on Thursday, after it published…

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group announced that Matt Davies will step down as chairman with effect from March 31, 2021, “to…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics rose about 8% on Thursday after it announced two major contract wins with River Island and Mountain…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank, which recently ended talks on a possible sale of the company,  said on Thursday it made a statutory loss before tax £103.7 million in…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said on Thursday it will abandon a plan to build a large gas-fired power plant at its main site near…

Skipton Building Society said on Wednesday its savings balances grew 7.7% to £18.7 billion in 2020 while its total assets increased 10.9% during the year…

Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said on Wednesday its saving balances increased by £2.7 billion to £33.4 billion in 2020 as its total assets rose to…

Shares of Leeds-based transport data firm Tracsis plc fell about 3% on Tuesday after it published a trading update for the six months ended January 31, 2021,…

Shares of Manchester-based household cleaning products firm McBride plc rose about 3% on Tuesday after it published results for the six months ended December 31, 2020,…

Chesire-based veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its revenue rose 21.8% to £299.8 million and reported profit before tax soared more than 80% to…

The CEOs of AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Investor have joined forces to demand greater access for retail investors to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)…

Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group plc announced that it has launched and successfully priced a debut bond offering of £350 million 1.625% notes due in…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, announced that Robert Hudson of St. Modwen Properties is to be appointed as Grainger’s next chief financial officer (CFO)….

Leeds-based Asda on Thursday published earnings for the fourth quarter of 2020 covering the period from October 1 to December 31 showing like-for-like sales excluding fuel…

Shares of Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket Group rose about 7% on Thursday after it maintained its dividend despite revenue falling 11% to £344.9 million in…

Huddersfield-based SimplyBiz, a provider of compliance and business services to financial advisers and institutions, said on Wednesday that former Smart Metering Systems executive David Thompson to join…

Altringham-based cloud data integration platform Matillion has announced $100 million in Series D funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from…

Walmart Inc. said on Tuesday the Blackburn-based Issa brothers and TDR Capital have completed the acquisition of Asda, Walmart’s Leeds-based UK business, for an enterprise…

Shares of Wetherby-based biotherapeutics company Avacta Group plc rose another 18% on Tuesday after the firm said it has received the first data for its…

Plans have been unveiled for a proposed £600 million facility at Ellesmere Port on the Mersey that would convert non-recyclable household waste into sustainable aviation…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc said on Friday it raised £422 million by selling almost 36 million new shares in the firm to “provide sufficient liquidity on…

Blackburn-based billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity firm TDR Capital have issued the largest-ever sterling junk bond as investors snapped up their…

Shares of Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems firm Polypipe Group rose about 11% on Thursday after it said it raised £96.3 million via the sale…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc said late on Thursday it intends to sell new shares in the firm in a placing and retail offer of stock that will…

Shares of Sheffield-based affordable housebuilder MJ Gleeson plc rose about 6% on Thursday after it said its full-year results are set to be “significantly ahead of…

New analysis from Deloitte has shown that the North West of England has continued to strengthen trading relationships with China — with total exports passing…

Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems firm Polypipe Group said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire Gloucestire-based London Topco Limited (ADEY) from mid-market private equity firm LDC…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, on Wednesday published an update on its trading for the first four months of its financial year to the…

Flintshire-based house building giant Redrow plc said on Wednesday its first-half revenue soared 20% to £1.04 billion and pre-tax profit rose 11% to £174 million in the six…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said on Wednesday it has made a provision of £75 million in its 2020 results to pay for its contribution…

Esken Limited, the aviation and energy infrastructure group formerly known as Stobart Group, announced that Warwick Brady has tendered his resignation as chief executive and has…

A survey of more than 1,000 cryptocurrency investors carried out for Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell has found that a significant proportion of them “don’t have the…

The executive chairman of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Tuesday that Brexit has turned out to be “considerably worse” than he…

The UK government’s pension liabilities soared to £6.4 trillion in 2018, up 21% from 2015, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)….

Shares of Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway rose about 3% on Tuesday after it published a strong trading update for the six months ended January…

Shares of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc fell about 7% on Monday after it issued an update on current trading for the second half…

Shares of Wetherby-based biotherapeutics company Avacta Group plc rose about 7% on Monday after it said it entered into a commercial partnership with Mologic Ltd “to…

Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc, the Chesire-based veterinary drugs giant, said on Monday it has secured the rights to market Tri-Solfen in Australia and New Zealand and has…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said on Monday it agreed to buy Canada-based Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc — a producer of sustainable biomass — in a…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group plc said on Monday it bought the Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis brands from the administrators of Arcadia for £25.2…