Croda, Yorkshire chemical giant, pays £122m dividend
Snaith, East Yorkshire-based speciality chemicals giant Croda International said on Tuesday it will increase its total dividend to 91p per share or £122.6 million as…
March 2021
UK completes £5bn sale of Bradford & Bingley, NRAM
The UK Government has confirmed it completed the £5 billion sale of Bradford & Bingley plc and NRAM Limited (formerly Northern Rock) and their remaining…
Gateshead’s Vertu Motors expects £23m profit
Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc on Monday published a trading update for the five-month period to January 31, 2021, ahead of its preliminary results for the year ended…
Speedy Hire up 5% on Middle East sale, strong trading
Shares of Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based equipment hire firm, rose about 5% on Monday after it announced it sold a business in the Middle East…
Manchester’s Yourgene in first US supply deal
Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc announced that the company’s wholly-owned US subsidiary Yourgene Health Inc. has signed a supply agreement “with a large US…
Morrisons buys Falfish, extends McColl’s wholesale deal
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons announced it has acquired Falfish, a family-owned wholesaler of sustainably sourced seafood based in Cornwall. Falfish has been a supplier of fish…