Salford-based investment platform giant AJ Bell said it has appointed Ryan Hughes as managing director of its growing AJ Bell Investments business. The wider AJ…

Manchester-based clothing and footwear digital retailer N Brown Group said its adjusted profit before tax rose to £3.6 million in the 26 weeks to August 31,…

Manchester-based gaming start-up ForthStar has agreed a deal that has seen it set up its headquarters at Foundation, the new 75,000 sq ft innovative workspace…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said on Thursday it “has continued its evaluation of the optimal approach to the refinancing of the…

Wetherby-based life sciences company Avacta Group said it will present new preclinical data on two breakthroughs in its cancer drug treatment platform at the 2024…

Bruntwood SciTech has acquired the Pinnacle office building in central Manchester and unveiled plans for a public piazza at its nearby Pall Mall redevelopment project. …

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group said activity to explore options to “maximise shareholder value for the group’s engineering division is proceeding satisfactorily and…

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Homes England said they will invest £51 million in a Birkenhead regeneration project that will create more than 1,500…

Leeds-based Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, the largest UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) pool, has announced the launch of a £1.2 billion UK real…

Newcastle-headquartered bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group has announced a £500 million investment to decarbonise its fleet. The investment is set to fund the manufacturing of…

Manchester-based PRS REIT plc — recently under attack from rebel shareholders — said on Tuesday its revenue, generated wholly from rental income, increased 17% to…

Ashtrom Properties UK has acquired Central Square in Leeds’ financial district for £78 million. The landmark office transaction is the largest office investment deal in…

Brooks Macdonald Group plc said it has acquired Altrincham-based financial adviser LIFT for an initial payment of £30 million in cash rising to as much…

Rotherham-based land developer Harworth Group plc said it has bought Catalyst, a 285,000 sq. ft., Grade A, urban logistics estate in Rotherham, South Yorkshire for…

Private equity investor Oakley Capital announced that Oakley Capital Fund V is investing in Assured Data Protection, a Managed Services Provider (MSP) focused on Backup,…

Synexa Life Sciences, a Dutch bioanalysis firm, has bought Alderley Analytical Ltd, based near Macclesfield, for an undisclosed sum.  The purchase is the next step…

A West Yorkshire trade mission including the region’s health sector and music industry — with a dozen businesses joining Mayor Tracy Brabin — is in…

Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings plc announced on Monday it acquired Full Circle Group Holding BV, a specialist provider of repair, maintenance and monitoring…

Altrincham-based healthcare real estate investment trust Assura plc said it now has 625 properties in its portfolio with an annualised rent roll of £179.1 million,…

Sosandar plc, the Wilmslow-based fashion firm run by former magazine publishers Ali Hall and Julie Lavington, said it signed a lease agreement for its fourth…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord and leader in the build-to-rent sector, said it added 1,113 new homes in the latest financial…

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group said it agreed to buy shares in Mulberry Group’s latest offering, increasing its holding in the luxury handbag firm it is…

County Durham-based onshore renewable energy developer OnPath Energy is accelerating its project development plans across the UK after securing a new £120 million business credit…

The UK government has pledged to invest up to £22 billion in two carbon capture sites in the industrial heartlands of the North West and North…

EET Fuels, owner of the Stanlow refinery at Ellesmere Port, said it agreed $650 million in receivable financing and trade credit financing in the latest…

Manchester-based sportswear company Castore has signed a multi-year technical partnership with Yorkshire County Cricket Club, set to start next season.  As the exclusive official kit…

Kao Data has started work on a £350 million data centre in Stockport, one of the largest in the region. The 40MW, 25,900 sq m…

Runcorn nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc has put its trading business and intellectual property up for sale after the loss of a major customer prompted…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said it expected to report a drop in profit for the year, as end markets remain slow, and announced…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said its group like for like (LFL) revenue performance saw a sequential improvement in the three months…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc reported higher sales and adjusted profit for the latest six-month period, helped by a surging US sports…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc has agreed to buy Stockport second-hand media seller musicMagpie for about  £10 million in cash.  “With complementary business models…

Inteb, a Merseyside-based energy and sustainability consultancy whose clients include large corporates and real estate companies across the UK, has undergone a seven-figure management buyout…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings plc said it would report better-than-expected results for the financial year just ended.  The company, which provides maintenance and…

James Halstead plc, the Bury-based commercial flooring manufacturer, has named Finance Director Gordon Oliver as its new chief executive as the company reported a dip…

Newcastle-based bakery giant Greggs plc said sales rose more than 10% in the latest three-month period and it affirmed previous guidance for the full year. …

Mulberry Group plc has rejected an £83 million buyout bid from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group.  The luxury handbag and accessories maker said it would continue…