H1 revenue hits £330m at feed and fuel firm NWF
Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural and distribution business that delivers feed, food and fuel across the UK, said on Tuesday half year revenue for…
Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural and distribution business that delivers feed, food and fuel across the UK, said on Tuesday half year revenue for…
Shares of Manchester-based soaps and consumer products company PZ Cussons fell 15% on Tuesday after it said it expects a decline in profit for the year ending May,…
Shares of Newcastle-based utility cost consultancy Utilitywise fell 65% after it announced a strategic review that will include a formal sale process of the company. “The strategic…
ScottishPower — a subsidiary of Basque energy giant Iberdrola — may compete against foreign infrastructure investment funds in the race to buy £2 billion Warrington-based electricity…
The world’s top 20 revenue-generating football clubs include four from the North West of England, according to the 22nd edition of the Deloitte Football Money…
Shares of Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group fell about 30% on Thursday after it guided to lower full-year EBIT and said sales in the…
Chesire-based Pets At Home, the retailer of pet food, accessories and veterinary services, said on January 22 it may consider increasing its inventory holdings by up…
Warrington-based robotic process automation (RPA) software firm Blue Prism said on Thursday it raised £100 million in a share placing as it revealed its revenue…
Sheffield-based Benchmark Holdings, the aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition firm, said its revenue rose 8% to £151.5 million in the year ended September 30, 2018,…
The stock market value of Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell has soared to around £1.1 billion since its IPO last month. AJ Bell went public in…
Salford City football club said on Wednesday that former Manchester United, Real Madrid and England star David Beckham is to take a 10% in the…
A day after it revealed it is being investigated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Blackburn-based tissue maker Accrol Group said on Tuesday its chief…
Manchester-based Co-op Group said on Friday it agreed to sell its insurance underwriting business, CIS General Insurance Limited, to Markerstudy for about £185 million. Co-op Group said…
Warrington-based Eddie Stobart Logistics plc said on Friday its revenues for the financial year grew 35% to approximately £843 million, ahead of market expectations. In a…
Shares of Manchester-based fashion retailer N Brown Group fell 8% on Thursday after it announced a trading update for the 18 weeks to January 5, 2019, amid…
Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Thursday its group “organic” revenue increased 7.6% to £465 million for the first three months…
Newcastle-based software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Wednesday it agreed to sell its US-based business Sage Payroll Solutions (SPR)…
Shares of embattled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial fell 20% on Tuesday after it said it expects to report profits for 2018 “towards the lower…
York-based housebuilding giant Persimmon said on Tuesday it expects its pre-tax profits for 2018 will be “modestly ahead of current market consensus.” In a trading update…
Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo.com plc said in a trading update on Tuesday its revenue growth for the financial year to February 28, 2019, is expected…
The former chief executive officer of Carlisle-based Stobart Group Ltd, Andrew Tinkler, has bought a stake of just over 12% in British airline Flybe Group…
Shares of Bury-based JD Sports Fashion rose about 8% on Monday after it said in a trading update that its headline group profit before tax…
Shares of Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell almost 20% on Monday after it said it expects adjusted EBITDA for its full year to fall…
Carlisle-based aviation, energy and transport firm Stobart Group has teamed up with Virgin Atlantic and Cyrus Capital to buy Flybe for a cut-price £2.2 million. A joint venture…
Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said on Friday its revenue rose 8.2% in its third quarter, the three months to December 31, 2018. In a…
Doncaster-based DFS Furniture on Thursday reported underlying gross sales growth of 10% in a trading update for the five months to December 30, 2018. However DFS warned…
Liverpool-based bargain retailer B&M European Value Retail said on Thursday its total sales revenue increased 12.1% to £1.087 billion in the 13 week period to December…
Shares of Wakefield-based greeting cards retailer Card Factory fell about 10% on Thursday after it said in a trading statement it expects “another difficult year”…
Shares of Greggs, the Newcastle-based bakery and “food-on-the-go” retailer, rose 6% on Wednesday after it said in a trading update that it expects to deliver underlying profit…
Shares of Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc rose 7% after it said it expects full year profit to be ahead of the…
Manchester United, in partnership with Chinese property developer Harves, announced that it will open a series of club themed “entertainment and experience centres” throughout China….
Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons said on Tuesday group like-for-like (LFL) sales excluding fuel were up 3.6% for the nine weeks to January 6, comprising contributions from…
Shares of troubled Footasylum, the recently-floated Rochdale youth footwear and apparel retailer, fell more than 15% after it published an update on its trading performance for the…
Shares of Sheffield-based European building products supplier SIG plc fell about 6% after it published a trading update for the year ended December 31 that showed…
Shares of Sheffield-based affordable housebuilder MJ Gleeson plc rose 9% on Monday after it said it expects results for the half-year ended December 31, 2018, “to…
Shares of York-based Gear4music, the online retailer of musical instruments and equipment, fell about 50% on Friday after it said its full-year earnings would be hit…
Yorkshire-based cold storage and transport business The Reed Boardall Group Limited said on Thursday its turnover rose 2.3% to £61.6 million in its last financial…
Investment manager APAM has acquired the landmark Leeds office building 1 City Square for £32 million on behalf of its client Britannia Invest. Aviva Investors put…
The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, said Colette Bowe and Jayne-Anne Gadhia have been appointed as external members of its Financial Policy Committee…
Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc said on Wednesday it completed the acquisition of ScottishPower’s portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired generation….