Around 360,000 salmon and 20,000 sea trout have been released into tributaries of the River Tyne this year as the UK Environment Agency’s Kielder Salmon…

Museums and galleries sponsored by the UK government in the Northern Powerhouse are having a record year in 2018 with visitor numbers topping five million…

Everton Football Club announced on Thursday it is proposing a capacity of 52,000 for its new stadium, with the potential for this to rise to 62,000 in…

ABP Humber said it signed a major trade deal for a new service at its Hull Container Terminal offering deep-sea connections to the rest of…

Engineering giant Wood plc said it won a contract to supply “programmable digital control technologies” to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. Wood said the 10-year…

Newcastle-based Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said it agreed to forward fund and acquire a 373-home private rented sector development at Exchange Square in Birmingham for…

Manchester United announced on Tuesday that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect. “The club would like to thank Mourinho for his…

Snaith, East Yorkshire-based speciality chemicals giant Croda International said on Monday it agreed to acquire Denmark-based Brenntag Biosector A/S from Brenntag Nordic A/S for about €72 million in cash….

Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the operator of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports, said on Monday it acquired Blackpool-based SkyParkSecure for an undisclosed sum….

The dividend payments of FTSE 100 companies are forecast to reach a record high of £93.7 billion in 2019, according to investment firm AJ Bell….

Shares of Wakefield-based Bonmarché, the fashion retailer aimed at women over 50, fell about 45% on Thursday after it said in a trading update Black…

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday morning she would fight a leadership challenge launched by MPs in her Conservative Party. A challenge was…

J Sainsbury plc and Leeds-based Asda Group Ltd said on Wednesday they will lodge an application with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal for a Judicial Review of…

The Port of Tyne announced the appointment of Matt Beeton as chief executive officer with effect from January 7. Beeton joins the port from APT…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the operator of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports, said on Tuesday it saw continuing growth in November as new…

Shares of Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell soared about 35% on Friday in their market debut on the London Stock Exchange. AJ Bell’s shares opened at…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) said its revenue increased 8.3% to £508.5 million and EBITDA rose 3.7% to £244.5 million in the six months to September 30….

Leeds-based WYG, the international project management consultancy, said on Tuesday its revenue fell to £75.3 million in the “tough” six months ended September 30 compared to £76.2…

Ilkley, West Yorkshire-based NG Bailey said its services division, which incorporates the recently acquired Freedom business, has secured nine new client contracts worth more than £80 million….

Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Tuesday it hired Jonathan Howell as chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from…

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax said on Monday it reached agreement with Iberdrola on revised terms for the £702 million acquisition of Scottish Power’s portfolio…

UPDATE 2 — Shares of shopping center giant Intu Properties plc fell more than 35% on Thursday after a consortium led by its deputy chairman John…

Stockport-based beach holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc said on Wednesday its revenue increased 24.5% to £104.1 million in the year to September 30 while…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank announced on Wednesday the appointment of Donald Kerr to the new role of Managing Director, SME Banking, as part of its bid…

Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell on Tuesday announced the price range for its planned IPO — implying a market capitalisation on admission of between £626 million…

Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group Severfield said on Tuesday its revenue rose 9% to £149.1 million in the six months through September 30 while underlying…

Chesire-based Pets At Home, the retailer of pet food, accessories and veterinary services, said on Tuesday it plans to buy back 55 vet practices from partners…

Shares of Greggs, the Newcastle-based bakery and “food-on-the-go” retailer, rose more than 10% on Tuesday after it said in a trading update that its sales rose…

The Eden Project has unveiled its vision for Eden Project North in Morecambe, Lancashire. The Cornwall-based environmental charity has presented new images and details to…

Warrington-based United Utilities, the UK’s largest listed water company, said on Wednesday its revenue for the six months to September 30 rose 4.6% to £916.4 million…

TalkTalk announced on Wednesday it will relocate its headquarters from London to Salford to support its next phase of growth. Several hundred roles will be…

Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Wednesday its revenue increased 7.6% to £1.85 billion in the year to September…

Wakefield-based Bonmarché, the discount fashion retailer aimed at women over 50, said on Tuesday its pre-tax profit fell 45% to £2.3 million in the half-year to…

Shares of Hull-based communications firm KCOM plunged 30% on Tuesday after it warned its trading performance for the current financial year “will be weaker than originally…

Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems manufacturer Polypipe Group plc on Tuesday issued a trading update for the 10 months ended October 31, saying revenue was 4.5% higher…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell about 6% on Tuesday after it said its revenue grew 9.9% to £404.2 million in the six months to…

Think tank IPPR North said on Tuesday that UK Government figures it has analysed show that transport spending per person has gone up twice as…

UPDATE 2 — Shares of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG fell more than 15% on Tuesday after it said it increased underlying profit before tax…

Johnston Press — the debt-laden owner of The Scotsman, the i newspaper, the Yorkshire Post and about 200 local newspapers and websites — said late on Friday…

Investments by overseas companies in North West of England assets has more than doubled in the past year, according to Deloitte. Figures from the business…

Macclesfield-based engineering and thermal processing giant Bodycote on Thursday issued a trading update covering the four month period through October 31, 2018, saying revenue rose…

Shares of Leeds-based Dart Group, owner of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, fell more than 15% on Thursday after it warned shareholders to expect increased losses in the second half of the…

Walmart’s Leeds-based subsidiary Asda — currently preparing to be taken over by Sainsbury’s — on Thursday reported a sixth straight quarter of underlying sales growth. For the…

Manchester United on Thursday announced financial results for the 2019 fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2018, showing its revenue fell 6.1% to £135 million and…

Newcastle-based Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Wednesday it would buy out Grip REIT plc for £396 million from its joint venture partner, Dutch…

A contract with almost £50 million which will help shape the future of roads across the North West of England has been awarded by Highways…

Associated British Ports (ABP) agreed a new deal with British Steel in which ABP has agreed to invest £65 million into the Immingham Bulk Terminal…

York-based Gear4music, the online retailer of musical instruments and equipment,  announced on Tuesday a new long-term management incentive plan “to incentivise senior employees in a manner…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Friday it agreed to acquire Mobile Phones Direct Limited for about £32.5 million in cash and shares….

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group on Friday announced huge expansion plans in Australia by agreeing to buy Woolworths Group’s 540 site network (Woolworths Petrol)…

Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it would cancel the £10 billion Moorside nuclear plant on the Cumbria coast after failing to find an investment partner…

Manchester-based investment platform AJ Bell on Thursday notified the London Stock Exchange of its “potential intention” to float its shares as it unveiled full year…

York-based housebuilder Persimmon said its chief executive Jeff Fairburn is to leave the company because criticism of his £76 million bonus package was a continuing distraction that had…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank plc on Tuesday announced an update on its trading performance so far in 2018 as the self-styled “ethical bank” continues to recover from…

Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons said on Tuesday group like-for-like sales excluding fuel were up 5.6% for the 13 weeks to November 4. “As expected, retail LFL sales growth eased…

Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Friday it appointed Steve Hare to the role of chief executive officer…

Carlisle-based aviation, energy and transport firm Stobart Group said on Thursday its Stobart Air business has secured an agreement to provide new aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI)…

Embattled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial said Chris Sweeney, managing director of its Vanquis Bank business, will step down from his role immediately. Sweeney will…

Channel 4 confirmed on Wednesday that Leeds will be the location of its new National HQ and that Bristol and Glasgow will be the locations…

Deloitte’s latest North West Share Index shows the the value of the 65 listed companies in the North West slipped by almost £200 million to…

Vodafone said it has become the first company in the UK to carry full 5G over a commercial network. Live mobile data traffic is now…

Boeing on Thursday opened its new fabrication factory in Sheffield — the company’s first manufacturing site in Europe — to make “actuation system” components for…

Carlisle-based aviation, energy and transport firm Stobart Group — which has been consumed by a lengthy boardroom battle — said on Wednesday it made a loss after taxation of…

British Business Investments (BBI), the commercial subsidiary of Sheffield-based British Business Bank plc, the UK’s national economic development bank, has published its annual accounts for…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said its subsidiary EV Retail Limited acquired Paminvest SAS, a discount retailer operating under the trading name Babou in France…

Shopping center owner Intu Properties plc said on Friday it was considering a 215p per share preliminary takeover offer from a consortium led by its deputy…

Amazon has announced plans to open a new corporate office in Manchester in 2019 and increase the capacity of its Scotland Development Centre and Cambridge…

Manchester giant Peel Land and Property (Peel L&P) announced it has appointed Phil Wilson as chief executive of what will be its new housebuilding division,…

Swedish real estate group Pandox AB and the Fattal Hotel Group have acquired the prestigious Midland Manchester hotel for about £115 million. Pandox will take over…

Shares of York-based Gear4music, the online retailer of musical instruments and equipment, rose about 8% on Tuesday after it said its revenue rose 36% to £42.5 million…