2021


Avacta shares up on LG Chem Life Sciences news

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…


Morrisons takeover fight to be decided on Oct 2

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…











Harworth go-ahead for 1,000 homes at Ironbridge

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…



Begbies shares up 9% on double digit growth

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…




Cussons revenue tops £603m amid Carex demand

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…







Together Financial profit up 26% to £150m

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…




Co-op H1 revenue £5.6bn amid Amazon, robot news

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…













Cussons hires Ralph Lauren exec Valeria Juarez

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…





EG Group mulls options including $15bn sale, IPO

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….





Lookers H1 revenue up 37% to £2.15bn

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…



AJ Bell makes big changes to board committees

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…







Dechra revenue up 21% to £608m amid pet boom

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…


Asda executives leave amid £5bn quarterly sales

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…






Manchester’s Yourgene in Covid test accreditation

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…