Northern Financial Review

Sheffield-based FinLegal, which makes software for the legal industry, has raised £2 million in funding to accelerate the growth of its client base internationally. The…

County Durham-based Esh Group, one of the largest privately-owned construction firms in the North of England, has posted a 55% increase in pre-tax profit for…

Merseyside-based soft drinks maker Nichols plc said it expects full-year profit slightly ahead of investor estimates as sales of Vimto hit an all-time high in…

A private 5G network-enabled Innovation Lab will soon transform the Port of Blyth into a technology hub for the North East of England, providing unprecedented access…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based online publisher that owns LADbible and other brands appealing to young readers, said revenue and profit rose for the latest…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc — the UK’s largest listed residential landlord — announced the £31 million acquisition of The Astley, a 135-home stabilised, fully occupied build-to-rent scheme within its…

Connells, part of the Skipton Group, said it has appointed Helen Charlesworth as its new Group CEO, subject to regulatory approval. The UK’s largest estate…

Rotherham-based land developer Harworth Group plc said it is on track to reach £1 billion EPRA NDV by the end of 2027. EPRA NDV stands…

Chicago-based Northern Trust said it has been reappointed by Lancashire County Pension Fund to provide custody and performance measurement services to the £11.5 billion fund,…

Sheffield-based Altitude Group plc, which designs and sells branded merchandise to customers around the world, said full-year sales and profit grew, as it made progress…

James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based paper and packaging company, said full-year revenue and profit fell due to lower demand and energy surcharges. The company reported…

Leeds-based Filtronic plc said it won a $9 million (£7.1 million) follow-on contract from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide E-band solid state power amplifier modules…

Far East Consortium, the developer working in a joint venture-partnership with Manchester City Council on the £4 billion Victoria North regeneration project, said it has…

Chester-based MONY Group plc, which runs the price comparison and consumer tip websites MoneySuperMarket and MoneySavingGroup, said sales for the last six months rose 5%,…

The number of British companies now in ‘critical’ financial distress rose by 1% to 40,613 in the last three months, according to Begbies Traynor Group…

English Cities Fund (ECF) said that plans to bring forward the Crescent Innovation development in Salford – tabled by its partnership with Salford City Council and…

Deloitte’s North West of England practice has officially opened the doors of its pioneering state-of-the-art home at 100 Embankment in Salford, Manchester. Occupying 65,600 sq….

Newcastle-based building services group Northern Bear plc said its profit before income tax rose from £1.9 million to £2.1 million in the year ended March…

Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, has announced changes to its board. Amanda Burton has been…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said its assets under administration (AUA) closed at £83.7 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2024, up 20% over…

LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, said it has exited its investment in Newcastle education company The Edwin Group to…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold resumed dividend payments as it reported “record trading performance, significant earnings growth and strong cash generation” for…

Newcastle-based building services group Northern Bear plc confirmed a number of board changes. Simon Carr, 65, becomes non-executive chairman with immediate effect and Harry Samuel, interim…

Newcastle-based Greggs has announced plans for a giant new National Distribution Centre at Symmetry Park, Kettering, in partnership with Tritax Symmetry. “This initiative is a…

Sheffield-based builder and developer Henry Boot announced that Lee Powell, currently CEO of GMI Construction, will assume the role of Managing Director, Henry Boot Construction,…

Wilmslow-based fashion firm Sosandar plc — run by former magazine publishers Ali Hall and Julie Lavington — has announced that the locations for its first two stores…

Shares of Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail rose about 4% after it published a trading update for the first quarter of its…

Manchester-based household products firm McBride said in a trading update for the 12 months ended June 30, 2024, it delivered “the expected strong financial and operational performance,…

Manchester-based technology training firm Northcoders Group plc said it experienced record demand in the first half of 2024 “delivering a 26% increase in revenues during the period…

Peel Waters has submitted a revised Liverpool Waters Masterplan to Liverpool City Council, more than a decade on from original approval, unveiling a new vision…

Salford-based investment platform giant AJ Bell has written to UK chancellor Rachel Reeves urging the government to deliver “radical ISA simplification” to make life easier…

Liverpool City Council is set to receive a £55 million investment boost from Homes England to accelerate the regeneration of Central Docks — the largest…

Sheffield-based British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has agreed a second portfolio increase of £100 million to Manchester-based specialist commercial lender DF Capital’s…

Almost £110 million is to be invested in the Liverpool City Region bus network, Mayor Steve Rotheram announced. If agreed at next week’s meeting of…

French utility Engie has joined forces with Canada’s second-largest pension fund in an effort to buy Warrington-based Electricity North West (ENWL), according to a Reuters report. Electricity North…

Essar Energy Transition (EET) announced the launch of EET Hydrogen Power, Europe’s first hydrogen-ready combined heat and power plant (CHP) to be built at its…

The construction of 750 new affordable homes on the Durham Coast is under way — marking the next milestone in the development of the county’s…

Leeds-based liquid medicines firm Rosemont Pharmaceuticals saif it acquired Sabal Therapeutics and its affiliates Metacel Pharmaceuticals, Palmetto Pharmaceuticals, Athena Bioscience and Sarras Health, a group…

Mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled detailed plans to “turbocharge growth in Greater Manchester” with a new technical education route, the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate — known as the…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc said its revenue increased 24% to £6.255 billion in the year ended March 31, 2024, with profit before taxation soaring 43% to £529.5 million….

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc said it has set out a new strategy including a scale-up of its Gleeson Homes business “including an objective of…

Manchester City Council has announced details of interim arrangements which will be put in place while a new permanent chief executive is recruited. Eamonn Boylan…

Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) said on Wednesday its group revenue for the six months to June 30, 2024, is expected to rise…

Newcastle-based housebuilder Bellway plc has made a higher all-share approach to buy smaller rival Crest Nicholson Holdings Plc worth about £720 million. Bellway now has…

Pictet Alternative Advisors, the alternative investment business of the Pictet Group, said its direct private equity team has acquired Newcastle-based Technology Services Group (TSG), a…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery and financial advisory firm, confirmed its revenue increased 12% to £136.7 million in the year ended April 30,…

York-based Aptamer Group plc, a developer of novel Optimer binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, published an update on its partnership with Unilever…

Shares of ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, rose as much as 16% after it announced that it signed “a 500MW capacity…

Financial firms in the North of England have responded to the Labour Party’s emphatic win in the UK general election and what it means for…

The CEO of Assura plc, the Altrincham-based FTSE 250 healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), said the UK’s healthcare crisis is “getting more severe by the…

Shares of South Yorkshire-based software company IntelliAM rose more than 10% on their debut on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market on Wednesday.  Its shares…

York-based Aptamer Group plc said it signed a new agreement with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to evaluate fibrotic liver delivery vehicles for small interfering RNS, known as…

Shares of North Shields-based wholesaler Kitwave Group fell 12% after it published results for the six months ended April 30, 2024, showing revenues up 8% to…

Proposals to run new train services between Manchester, the West Midlands and London Euston have been unveiled by rail operator London Northwestern Railway. Under the…

Supreme plc, the Manchester-based supplier of vaping and fast-moving consumer goods, doubled its annual profit, but its shares dipped 5% on Tuesday in the shadow…

Shares of Runcorn nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc fell 24% after it announced that it would not get a follow-on order from a major customer….

Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited (MAGIL) said its revenue rose 20.5% to £1.237 billion in the 12 months to March 31, 2024, which resulted in an…

US-based Brighton Park Capital said it has invested $112 million in PortSwigger, an application security software provider, to help it grow.  It is the first…

Teesworks Ltd has reached an agreement with battery storage specialist Energy Optimisation Solutions to build a Battery Energy Storage System on a three-acre plot at…

The North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) said research has revealed it has provided a £2.5 billion boost to the region’s economy since opening…

Student Roost, the third-largest student accommodation provider in the UK, said it has acquired two sites with planning permission for purpose-built student accommodation in Manchester…