Newcastle-based NorthStandard, the global marine insurer, said its annual premium for the latest year rose 5% to $836 million and it reported a 4.9% annual…

JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, reported a small increase in sales and a dip in profit for the year as it…

Manchester-based FTSE 100 firm Auto Trader Group plc reported a sharp increase in revenue and profit for the financial year, saying vehicle sales are now…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, published an AGM trading update covering the four-month period to April 30, 2024, saying it enjoyed a good…

Bruntwood SciTech said it is launching a new Life Science Accelerator programme at Alderley Park to help biotech companies bring their ideas to fruition and…

Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group reported lower profit for the latest financial year, partly due to higher one-off costs, but managed…

America’s IPS said it bought Newcastle-based electromechanical firm Houghton International to help it expand its international operations.  Houghton specializes in the repair and remanufacturing of…

Spain’s Boluda Towage said it agreed to buy Hull-based SMS Towage Ltd for an undisclosed sum, taking over its staff and fleet.  SMS started operations…

UK-Korean joint venture LS Eco Advanced Cables is in talks to build the world’s largest high-voltage cable factory at the Port of Tyne.  LS Eco…

Manchester-based online fashion firm Boohoo Group plc said on Tuesday it had cancelled plans to pay its top executives million-pound bonuses in the face of…

South Yorkshire-based Xeros Technology Group, which has created new ways of manufacturing and washing clothes that save water and reduce microplastics, said it had signed…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group said on Tuesday first-half revenue dipped slightly but operating profit jumped 27% as it sold more of its…

Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc said on Tuesday it rejected an acquisition by Nightcap plc, saying the rival group’s plan was “incapable of being…

Liverpool-based Princes Group said it agreed to be bought by Italian pasta, bread and dairy giant Newlat Food for £700 million, creating one of Europe’s…

Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc on Friday confirmed press speculation that it is in the early stages of discussions with Italy-based cybersecurity service provider Wiit SpA…

Coventry Building Society has agreed to buy Manchester-based Co-operative Bank Holdings for £780 million in cash, as it looks to establish a national footprint and…

Sheffield-based builder and developer Henry Boot said it is making progress on key transactions in land promotion and development and expects its annual results to…

James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based paper and packaging company, said on Thursday it appointed Andy Walton as Managing Director, James Cropper Advanced Materials, with effect…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said on Thursday it reached half a million customers for the first time, as it reported higher sales for the…

Aquaculture biotechnology company Benchmark Holdings plc said on Wednesday revenue fell in the latest quarter but it was on track to hit full-year expectations.  The…

York-based Aptamer Group plc said it has signed an agreement with Timser Group, a pharmaceutical company focused on women’s health, to develop a new, more…

Technology training company Northcoders said on Tuesday it has appointed tech consultancy entrepreneur Tom Walton as a strategic adviser to boost its rebranded business services…

Activist investor Kelso Group Holdings plc said it will vote against the re-election of THG plc chair Charles Allen next month, in protest at the…

Auditors failed to flag three-quarters of business failures in the UK over the past decade, but the pay of top partners has increased sharply as…

Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) Assura plc and Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) announced they have entered into a new £250 million 20:80…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery and financial advisory firm, said it expected full-year revenue to grow 12% to about £136 million in…

Newcastle-based housebuilder Bellway plc said on Tuesday group finance director Keith Adey will step down after more than 15 years with the company. Adey, who…

East Yorkshire meat processing giant Cranswick plc reported higher full-year earnings and profit on Tuesday, helped by a recovery in demand for pork and poultry after…

Norges Bank Investment Management has exchanged contracts to buy a further 50% stake in Sheffield-area Meadowhall Shopping Centre from British Land for £360 million. The…

Middlesbrough-based GB Bank, which specialises in funding property projects for SME property developers and investors, has secured £85 million of additional capital from new investor Hera…

Leeds-based Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, the largest UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) pool, said it received £3.6 billion in new commitments from its…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group announced the acquisition by subsidiary Victorian Plumbing Limited of rival AHK Designs Ltd, trading as Victoria Plum. Victoria Plum…

FirstGroup plc has submitted the first phase of an application for a new “open access” rail service between Rochdale and London to the Office of…

Asda announced a 6.6% increase in total revenues (excluding fuel) to £5.3 billion and 1.4% growth in like-for-like sales. The Leeds-based supermarket said growth was…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold announced that it has renewed its partnership with British Cycling for a further three years. The deal…

The Bank of England — the UK’s central bank — said it is set to increase its presence in Leeds for an expanded and permanent…

Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc said its revenue rose 15.1% to £163.1 million in the year to March 31, 2024 — but the firm said…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc — the UK’s largest listed residential landlord — reported 11% growth in net rental income to £53.2 million for the six months ended March…

Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global software business, said its revenue rose 6% to £1.152 billion for the six months to March 31,…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said its revenue revenue rose by £145 million or 8.1% to £1.95 billion in the year to March 31, 2024, “largely…

ULEMCo, a Liverpool-based company that converts commercial vehicles to run on hydrogen fuel, has raised over £5 million in a funding round led by Mercia…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property investment group, announced that its construction business has been appointed by Rotherham Council to deliver the £36 million redevelopment of Rotherham…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, published a trading update for the four months to April 30, 2024, showing revenue during the…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said its revenue rose 17.6% to £4.7 billion and profit before tax rose 6.5% to £34.6 million in the year to February 29,…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings said its order book has grown about £8 million to £898 million over the past year. Reporting results for the…

Newcastle-based Greggs said it performed well in the first 19 weeks of 2024, with like-for-like (LFL) sales in company-managed shops growing 7.4% “with delivery sales,…

Shares of Manchester-based holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) fell as much as 14% after it said its “value market remains more challenging, reflecting…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda has unveiled plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of its 10-acre Park Royal site in North West London. The retailer has partnered with…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, said it has appointed former UK chancellor Nadhim Zahawi as…

The UK Government has ordered a “best value” inspection into Warrington Borough Council amid its huge level of debt. The inspection will be conducted under…

The UK government has announced funding of £196 million for Urenco to support the building of an advanced nuclear fuels facility at its Capenhurst enrichment…

Leeds City Council’s chief executive Tom Riordan has announced his intention to leave at the end of the year to “explore new opportunities” after 14 years…

Liverpool City Council announced that is to have all of its powers returned to it in June 2024, with the ending of the UK Government…

Manchester-based online fashion firm Boohoo Group plc said its revenue fell 17% to £1.461 billion and its loss before tax widened to £159.9 million from…

SmartCraft ASA of Norway is expanding into the UK market through the acquisition of Houghton Le Spring construction Software as a Service (SaaS) firm Clixifix…

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the city-region’s housing crisis a top priority for his third term. Burnham has unveiled…

The University of Manchester said it has signed a landmark new deal that will see up to 65% of its electricity demand supplied through a…

The board of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group said it has agreed to an increased “and final” offer to be acquired by…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda announced on Friday that it has refinanced more than £3.2 billion of its debt. Blackburn-based billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa…

Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com Group plc announced it will change its corporate holding company name to MONY Group plc, with effect from May 20,…

Shares of Liverpool-based supercar brake disc maker Surface Transforms fell another 65% to a mere 1p after the firm conditionally raised £6.5 million via a share…

Manchester-based Co-op Bank published a first-quarter trading update on Thursday saying that discussions regarding the potential acquisition of the bank by mutually-owned Coventry Building Society…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said its group like-for-like (LFL) sales fell 6% year-on-year to £873 million in the period from January 1…

Shares of Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) rose as much as 14% after it published an AGM statement and “updated positive energy outlook.” JSG)…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc announced that Renold Couplings, part of the company’s Torque Transmission division, has been awarded a contract to…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said that Shirine Khoury-Haq will step down as an independent non-executive director on September 30, 2024, to focus on her…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell announce that Julie Chakraverty has been appointed to its board of directors as an independent non-executive director with effect from…

HSS Hire Group plc, the Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm, said its 2023 revenue grew 4.9% to £349.1 million but adjusted profit before tax fell…

Manchester United plc said it has made two further changes to its executive leadership as the new era under co-owner Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos continues…