2022









NCC, Manchester cyber firm, agrees £162m credit

NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, announced it agreed a new four-year £162.5 million multi-currency revolving credit facility maturing December 2026. The facility “together…




Barrow’s James Fisher sells three businesses

James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness international marine engineering company, announced the sale of three businesses in two separate transactions. It said Mimic and the…


JD Sports sells 15 brands to Frasers for £47m

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced it is simplifying its branded fashion offer through the divestment of 15 UK non-core fashion businesses to Frasers…




Together Financial in £467m securitisation deal

Cheadle, Chesire-based Together Financial Services Limited, a non-bank relationship lender, announced the launch of its new £467.4 million, Fairway Asset Backed Securitisation 1 Limited (FABS) facility….






Town Centre Securities promotes Burrow

Leeds-based property investor and car park operator Town Centre Securities (TCS) on Thursday said it will promote development director Craig Burrow to the role of…









Co-op Bank pension completes buy-in

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank announced on Tuesday the completion of a “buy-in” transaction of the segregated section of the Co-operative Pension Scheme (Pace) sponsored by the…














Cumbria coal mine gets go ahead

The UK government on Wednesday approved its first new deep coal mine in decades — The Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria — to produce coking coal…


musicMagpie revenue slips to £144.8m

Shares of Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — fell about 12% on Wednesday after the firm…




Blackpool’s Victrex ups revenue to £341m

Blackpool-based polymer company Victrex said on Tuesday its profit before tax and exceptional items increased in its recent financial year as the company achieved “record”…


ilke Homes of North Yorkshire raises £100m

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire-based modular housebuilder ilke Homes said it raised £100 million from new and existing shareholders following successive years of triple-digit growth. It said the…




Leeds Building Society in board changes

Leeds Building Society said on Tuesday that Lynn McManus, non-executive director and chair of its remuneration committee, will leave the UK’s fifth-largest mutual in the…


Irn-Bru firm Barr buys Leeds-based Boost Drinks

A.G. Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, announced the acquisition of Leeds-based Boost Drinks, an established branded drinks business, for…



Sunderland’s ScS says CFO to leave

Sunderland-based furniture and floorings company ScS Group announced that Chris Muir will step down as chief financial officer. ScS said the process to identify a successor…








Carr’s of Carlisle hires chair designate

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced the appointment of Tim Jones as non-executive chair designate with effect from February 1, 2023.  Subject to election…







N Brown CFO Rachel Izzard to leave

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group announced that Rachel Izzard intends to step down as group chief financial officer.  “Rachel will…





JD Sports brings forward directors’ pay vote

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced it has brought forward a revised directors’ remuneration policy to a shareholder vote “at the earliest opportunity”…