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…