Snaith, East Yorkshire-based speciality chemicals giant Croda International said its sales rose 10.4% to £1.37 billion in 2017 and adjusted profit before tax rose 11.1% to…

Leeds Building Society said its savings balances increased by a record £1.9 billion in 2017 and now exceed £13 billion. Leeds said it had strong…

Newcastle Building Society said its gross mortgage lending rose 8% to £535 million and net mortgage lending was up 11% to £220 million in 2017…

Rotherham and London-based electronics retailer Maplin Electronics Limited, owned by Rutland Partners, has gone into administration. Zelf Hussain, Toby Underwood and Ian Green of PwC have…

Skipton Building Society said its 2017 group profit before tax increased 18.5% to £200.1 million and the society continued to grow with a 58,657 increase in…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said its 2017 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 64% to £229 million — more than analysts were…

Newcastle-based bakery and “food-on-the-go” retailer Greggs said its 2017 sales rose 7.4% to £960 million and pre-tax profit excluding exceptional items edged higher to £81.8 million from…

Shares of Edinburgh and Newcastle-based Virgin Money rose almost 6% after it said its underlying profit before tax increased 28% to £273.3 million in 2017 and total income…

York-based housebuilder Persimmon — still under shareholder fire for excessive executive compensation — said on Tuesday its 2017 revenue rose 9% to £3.42 billion and profit…

Shares of troubled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial rose about 70% on Tuesday after it announced a £331 million rights issue — a sale of shares —…

Leeds-based property investor and car park operator Town Centre Securities said its statutory profit before tax rose £9.8 million to £12.4 million for the six months ended…

York-based housebuilder Persimmon said on Friday it will partially reduce controversial bonuses for its top executives following shareholder outrage at the package that could have…

Stobart Group has address the recent speculation about a potential takeover of Flybe Group Plc by Stobart. In a stock exchange statement, Stobart Group said: “The…

Shares of Newcastle-based bus and rail group Go-Ahead Group rose 14% after it said revenue rose 6.6% to £1.8 billion and profit before tax rose 19%…

Shares of Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com fell 15% after it said its earnings would not grow this year as it tries to reinvent itself…

Almost 90% of the money assigned to the Leeds City Region through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has now been allocated to projects, according…

Walmart said its Leeds-based subsidiary Asda chalked up its fourth consecutive “step on” in sales, reporting like-for-like sales growth of 0.5% in the fourth quarter to December…

Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons said it has acquired Flaxby, North Yorkshire-based Chippindale Foods, a supplier of free range eggs. “The acquisition means that Morrisons will make…

Manchester-based online fashion retailer N Brown announced the appointment of Tesco UK CEO Matt Davies as its chairman elect with immediate effect. Prior to Tesco, Davies…

Engineering giant Wood plc said it won UK Government backing “to bring space technology to nuclear decommissioning.” Wood said it is leading research to make nuclear…

Shares of Leeds-based leisure and logistics firm Dart Group, owner of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, rose 17% after it said in a trading update that it expects its underlying profit before…

More than 423,000 homes have been given planning permission across England and Wales but are still waiting to be built, according to new research published…

Edinburgh and Newcastle-based Virgin Money has confirmed the appointment of former HSBC executive Irene Dorner as chair elect of the challenger bank. The appointment helps create the…

Record levels of cargo were handled at Port of Sunderland in 2017. The municipally owned port saw a 13% uplift in tonnage passing through its…

The CEO of York-based housebuilder Persimmon said on Wednesday he would set up a charitable trust after facing fierce criticism over an incentive plan that…

Manchester Airport said it is edging closer to breaking the 28 million passenger number for the first time in its history. The UK’s third biggest…

EE, part of BT Group, has unveiled a new 4G home broadband product which could connect 580,000 homes across the UK, especially those in rural…

Newcastle-based house builder Bellway said in a trading update that its housing revenue is expected to rise by 14% to around £1.3 billion for the six months…

Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc announced the appointment of Rob Pitcher as its new chief executive Officer.   The joining date will be advised in due course. Pitcher has more…

Shares of Flintshire-based house builder Redrow rose more than 5% after it said its revenue rose 20% to a record £890 million and pre-tax profit soared 26% to…

Stock markets around the world continued to fall on Tuesday for a fourth successive day of declines — a rout that has seen $4 trillion…

Blackburn-based EG Group announced a major petrol forecourt convenience retail expansion in the United States by agreeing to buy a 762-site network from The Kroger Co….

York-based house building giant Persimmon is under heavy pressure from some of its major shareholders to oust its CEO Jeff Fairburn unless he agrees to give…

Stock markets fell around the world on Monday and bond yields rose as US inflation increased the possibility that global central banks may tighten policy…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank plc said it will appoint Bob Dench as chairman effective March 14, 2018, succeeding Dennis Holt who is retiring in May 2018….

Shares of troubled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial rose 7% on Friday after it announced the appointment of Malcolm Le May as CEO with immediate effect….

Johnston Press — owner of The Yorkshire Post, The Scotsman, the i newspaper and about 200 local newspapers and websites — said in a trading update…

Shares of Sheffield-based European building products distributor SIG plc fell 5% after it said it “identified a historical overstatement of profit relating to the year ended…

Bury-based JD Sports Fashion said it received unconditional clearance from the European Commission for the combination of its existing interests across Iberia with those of…