Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons has reported its strongest quarterly like-for-like (LFL) sales growth for three years and seven consecutive quarters of LFL sales improvement. For…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 12% after it published a strong trading update for the 12 months to March…

Shares of Kitwave, the North Shields-based wholesaler that went public in 2021, touched a record high after it announced the acquisition of Total Foodservice Solutions Limited…

Shares of JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, rose as much as 16% after it published a trading update for the 53…

Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc (C4XD) has announced the proposed cancellation of its ordinary shares on AIM and re-registration as a private limited…

Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group published a “pre-close update” for the 52 week period from March 31, 2023, to March 28, 2024….

Manchester-based Co-op Bank announced it will cut about 400 jobs as it moves to “simplify processes, reduce our cost base and make efficiency improvements.” Last month, Co-op…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell almost 40% after it announced it is “actively exploring all the strategic options available to it…

Manchester and London-based OakNorth — a digital bank for entrepreneurs — has published its latest annual report showing that its pre-tax profit rose 23% to £187.3 million…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said its revenue fell 29.6% to £1.273 billion for the six months ended January 31, 2024, “driven primarily by the lower…

The City of Doncaster Council and Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd have agreed to locate the production programme for Airlander 10 — “the world’s most efficient…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based land promotion and property investment group, reported a 5.3% increase in revenue to £359.4 million for 2023 “driven by land disposals, property development and…

Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail S.A. announced that Nadia Shouraboura is to be appointed, subject to shareholder approval, as a non-executive director of the…

James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm, said it has agreed the sale of its Aberdeen business RMSpumptools Limited to ChampionX UK Limited…

Manchester-based FTSE 100 firm Auto Trader Group plc, the UK’s largest automotive marketplace, has announced the appointments of two independent non-executive directors to its board. Geeta…

Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group said it has agreed a deal to be acquired by Portugal-based Navigator Paper for £127.5 million in…

Sheffield-based British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, said it has launched its new £660 million Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II to cover “the entire”…

Leeds-based private equity firm Endless LLP said it successfully exited its investment in educational resources supplier Findel, selling the Hyde-based firm to Paris-headquartered European B2B ecommerce group Manutan….

A new report from engineering consultant Arup says that 50 new direct long-haul routes from Manchester Airport could be unlocked by integrating investment in new transport infrastructure….

Rotherham-based property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group said its statutory net asset value rose to £637.7 million in 2023 from £602.7 million in 2022. Operating…

Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc fell as much as 7% after its first-half results revealed a decline in sales and profit and the firm cut…

Cheadle, Cheshire-based Together Financial Services Limited, a non-bank relationship lender, announced the launch of its inaugural securitisation facility for property development lending, the £150 million ADALO Asset Backed…

Shares of Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, fell as much as 8% after it reported profit before tax fell 40%…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it is looking into Barratt’s recommended all-share offer to buy Flintshire-based Redrow in a deal valuing its…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group said this week that its CEO Mark Radcliffe has received 5.35 million shares “at nil consideration” from his…

Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc announced that Iain McDonald has informed the board of his intention to step down as a non-executive director at the…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said its 2023 revenue rose 8% to £802.5 million and profit before tax profit increased 17%…

The Groucho Club is to open its first venue outside of London in the grounds of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). The renowned arts and…

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) has confirmed that Darren Gough has stepped down from his role as Managing Director of Cricket. Gough helped the…

Stockport-based musicMagpie said its revenue fell about 6% to £136.6 million for the year ended November 30, 2023, and gross profit slipped to £37.9 million from…

Winsford, Chesire-based tissue healing technologies firm Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (AMS) has entered into an agreement for the proposed acquisition of France-based Peters Surgical for up…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc announced the appointment of former St Modwen Properties CFO Rachel Kentleton as an independent non-executive director with effect from March 18, 2024. Kentleton…

Mercia Asset Management announced that the three Northern Venture Capital Trusts which form part of its third-party funds under management have successfully completed their fund…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said its 2023 profit before tax fell 52% to £352 million as revenues fell 27% to £2.77 billion. Dividend per share is…

Shares of Runcorn nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc rose almost 10% after it announced it will post a circular setting out the details of a proposed…

Caroline Simpson is poised to lead the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) into the next phase of the city-region’s…

Shares of Stelrad Group plc, the Newcastle-based radiator firm, rose about 3% after it published 2023 results showing profit before tax rose 87.2% to £19.2…

Liverpool City Council said the UK Government has “confirmed a significant reduction in the intervention” at the local authority “with the publication of revised directions.”…

HBD, part of Henry Boot, said it has secured planning approval for Colloco, a state-of-the-art 200,000 sq ft office development in the St John’s District…

The head of investment analysis at Salford-based AJ Bell has said the UK funds industry is going through a “dark age.” AJ Bell head of…

HSS Hire Group plc, the Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm, said it agreed to sell its power solution providers ABird Limited and APEX Generators…

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has outlined plans to invest £650 million in the UK in a major boost for the UK’s life sciences sector. AstraZeneca intends…

Shares of Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma rose about 12% as the clinical-stage biotechnology company announced that three abstracts submitted by the firm “have been accepted…

Shares of Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc rose about 6% after it published 2023 results showing profit before tax soared 75.3% to…

Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) said its total revenue for 2023 increased 20.6% to £465.3 million and profit before taxation rose to £37.6…

University of Manchester spinout firm Phagenesis, which has developed a neurostimulation system to treat swallowing dysfunction, has closed a $42 million Series D financing all equity…

Manchester-based Co-op said it has launched a new partnership with Uber Direct, enabling shoppers to order groceries via Co-op’s own online shop with delivery locally through…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said its 2023 revenue was 1% higher at £2.761 billion “including 1% from acquisitions, 1% from movements on exchange…

Newcastle-based Greggs said its 2023 pre-tax profit rose 27% to £188.3 million as total sales grew 19.6% to £1.809 billion. Underlying profit before tax excluding exceptional income…

Shares of Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc rose as much as 4% after it published a trading update for the five-month period to January 31, 2024, saying UK…

Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc has confirmed the extension of its revolving credit facility (RCF) by 17 months to May 2026. “The £170 million facility…

The Consello Group, a global advisory and investing firm, has announced the appointment of real estate developer and entrepreneur Gary Neville — the former Manchester United…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda has announced proposals for “a record £150m investment” in its retail pay offer to become “the highest paying UK grocery retailer.”…

Newcastle Building Society said its assets rose 17% to to £6.2 billion in 2023 as the mutual reported gross mortgage lending for the year of…