Shares of Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm HSS Hire Group plc rose 11% on Thursday after it agreed to sell its heating, ventilation and…

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has launched an investigation into suspected breaches of competition law by Leicester City FC and Bury-based…

Shares of Manchester online fashion giant Boohoo fell about 10% on Thursday as it warned investors its full-year margins will be below previous forecasts amid…

Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc — which recently agreed to a £919 million cash takeover offer from a subsidiary of China’s Tencent — announced…

Shares of Wetherby-based cancer therapies and diagnostics company Avacta Group plc rose about 5% after it announced that a pre-clinical development milestone has been achieved in its…

The £7 billion takeover battle for Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons between US private equity groups Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and Fortress Investment Group will…

The chairman of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc told the firm’s AGM on Tuesday the company is enjoying record business activity levels in genomic…

York-based Animalcare Group plc, the international animal health business, said on Tuesday its revenue increased 13.3% to £39.1 million in the six months to June…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory fell about 8% on Tuesday after it published results for the six months ended July…

Northcoders Group plc, the Leeds and Manchester-based provider of software coding training programmes which went public in July, said on Tuesday its revenue rose 55% to…

Blue Prism Group, the Warrington-based robotic process automation (RPA) software firm, said on Tuesday it has agreed to a takeover by US private equity firm Vista…

Delivery firm Hermes UK has confirmed it will be recruiting for 1,400 full time roles at its new parcel distribution hub in Barnsley which is…

Manchester online fashion giant Boohoo announced the publication of its international factory list to meet its transparency pledge to publish it within 12 months of…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said in a trading update on Monday its revenue and underlying operating profit for the first half of 2021-22 ending September…

Rotherham-based property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group plc announced that Shropshire Council’s Southern Planning Committee resolved to grant planning permission for the regeneration of…

Shares of Salford-based fashion firm In The Style fell as much as 18% on Friday after it published an AGM trading update for April to August 2021 saying…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 9% on Thursday after it published an AGM trading statement saying it achieved double…

Mark McSherry The bidding for Wetherby waste management company Augean plc has been won by funds managed by London-based Ancala Partners LLP and investment funds…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc said on Thursday its revenue exceeded £1 billion for the first time in the year ended June 27, 2021, despite problems in its…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons fell about 4% on Wednesday after it published positive results for the year ended May 31, 2021, but also provided…

Shares of Sheffield-based building materials supplier SIG plc fell about 7% on Tuesday after it reported its first-half revenue rose 32% to top £1.1 billion —…

Supermarket Income REIT plc announced the acquisition of six supermarkets for £113.1 million, reflecting a combined net initial yield of 4.6%. The real estate investment…

Welcome to Yorkshire has announced that chief executive James Mason is set to leave the organisation to take on a new position in the new…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said it has teamed up with the National Farmers Union of England and Wales (NFU) to identify opportunities to scale…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc said there has been a “phenomenal reaction” from customers with bookings spiking by more than 250% following the news that the UK…

Cheadle, Chesire-based Together Financial Services Limited, a specialist mortgage and secured loans provider, said on Thursday its lending returned to pre-pandemic levels in June and July…

The UK’s Takeover Panel said on Thursday the buyout battle for Wetherby-based hazardous waste management firm Augean plc will enter a formal auction process if…

Manchester-based online beauty and nutrition retail giant The Hut Group (THG) announced on Thursday it will spin off its online beauty business THG Beauty next year…

Manchester-based Co-op Group revealed a new partnership with Amazon and an acceleration of robot deliveries as it announced its first-half 2021 revenue slipped to £5.6 billion from £5.8…

Altrincham-based cloud data integration platform Matillion has announced $150 million in Series E funding, led by growth equity firm General Atlantic with participation from Battery…

Flintshire-based house building giant Redrow plc said on Wednesday its revenue increased 45% to £1.94 billion, only 8% below 2019, in the year to June 27,…

A new report from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) reveals that private capital inflows into the UK’s regional economies eclipsed inflows…

UK Commercial Property REIT, which is managed and advised by Aberdeen Standard Investments, announced that it acquired Trafford Retail Park near Manchester from Peel L&P…

MassMutual subsidiary Barings has acquired The Trilogy, a build to rent (BTR) asset in Manchester from Moorfield, on behalf of Moorfield Real Estate Fund III,…

Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc has announced the acquisition of Auroch Digital, a Bristol-based videogame developer and publisher with a focus on original…

Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group plc said on Tuesday its revenue rose 2.6% to £270.5 million in the 12 months to May 31, 2021, and…

Sheffield-based affordable housebuilder MJ Gleeson plc announced that its revenue for the year ended June 30, 2021, increased 96.1% to £288.6 million compared to £147.2 million in 2020…

Morrisons bidder Clayton Dubilier & Rice has reached agreement “in principle” with the pension trustees of the Bradford-based supermarket giant to provide “additional security and…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, announced its revenue rose 3% to a record £40.1 million and profit before tax was…

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc rose 10% on Tuesday to a new high of around £11.58 after it published results…

Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons said on Monday that Ralph Lauren executive Valeria Juarez will join its board as a non executive director with effect from…

Liverpool-based Anexo Group, the AIM-listed credit hire and legal services firm, said on Monday its first-half revenue rose 31.9% to £48.3 million and profit before tax…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc said on Monday its first-half revenue rose 18.7% to £129 million and profit before tax rose…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc said on Friday that it has been awarded a £34.1 million contract from the UK government to support…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group is exploring options including a possible sale or an IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported….

The board of Wetherby-based hazardous waste management firm Augean plc has agreed to an increased takeover bid of £356.9 million from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc that…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced it hired former Nike executive Bert Hoyt as a non-executive director and that it is making “substantial progress”…

York-based Gear4music, the largest UK online retailer of musical equipment, said on Thursday its UK revenue returned to growth during July and August 2021 but it has…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc said on Thursday its revenue rose 37.1% to £2.153 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2021, and it…

Takeover target Morrisons said on Thursday its first-half revenue including fuel rose 3.7% to £9.05 billion — but profit before tax and exceptional fell 37.1% to…

Fast-growing AJ Bell plc, the Salford-based investment platform,  has announced several changes to the membership of some of its board committees to “further strengthen the company’s governance…

Shares of Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail rose about 7% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the half year ending September 25,…

The £7 billion takeover battle for Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons between two US private equity groups looks set to be decided by the rarely used…

Manchester-based cleaning products firm McBride plc said on Tuesday its revenue fell 3.4% to £682.3 million and adjusted profit before tax fell 17.8% to £19.9 million…

Shares of Barrow-in-Furness international marine engineering company James Fisher and Sons plc fell as much as 7% on Tuesday after it published results for the…

Newcastle-based Karbon Homes announced it is entering into a strategic partnership with Homes England which will provide £131.5 million in funding to deliver 2,200 new…

Chesire-based international veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its revenue grew 21% to £608 million in the year ended June 30, 2021, and its reported…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda announced that its chief operating officer Anthony Hemmerdinger and strategy officer Preyash Thakrar have both left the business as the group announced…

Sage Group, the Newcastle-based international SME accounting software giant, said on Friday it will commence a further share buyback programme of up to £300 million,…

The chairman of Leeds-based Jet2 plc said on Thursday the travel firm is operating at 55% of its pre-Covid summer 2019 capacity — but that the…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday that Bury-based retail giant JD Sports Fashion Plc may still have to sell Footasylum to address…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Thursday it raised gross proceeds of £209 million by selling about 67.4 million shares in a…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc announced that following assessments by the UK accreditation service (UKAS), it has received ISO 15189:2012 accreditation for its Covid-19…

Sheffield-based construction group Henry Boot plc said its property development business HBD has secured a £53.8 million deal with Oxenwood Real Estate to forward-fund a…

Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) announced that its 2021 first-half revenue fell to £99.6 million compared to £114.8 million in the first six months…

Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group Severfield said on Wednesday its order book at September 1 stood at a new record of £376 million, driven by several significant…

The new Leeds-based UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has announced that former HSBC CEO John Flint has been appointed as its first permanent chief executive. The UK…