England’s biggest wind farm set for North West
Cubico Sustainable Investments, one of the world’s leading privately owned renewable energy companies, has announced plans for Scout Moor II, a landmark 100 MW onshore…
November 2024
Hull’s Good Travel Management merges with CT Travel
Hull-based Good Travel Management has merged with CT Travel Group to form a company with £85 million in annual revenue. The move is backed by…
Northcoders gets on UK public sector platform
Manchester-based technology training firm Northcoders Group plc said its consultancy brand, Counter, has been accepted onto the G-Cloud 14 framework, the UK government’s public sector…
Sosandar signs furniture deal with Next
Sosandar plc, the Wilmslow-based fashion firm run by former magazine publishers Ali Hall and Julie Lavington, has signed a licensing agreement with retailer Next for…
Landsec acquires rest of MediaCity from Peel
Landsec said it has acquired the remaining 25% interest in MediaCity in Salford from Peel Group “plus the leading television facility dock10 and the 218-bed…
CMap, Manchester PSA software firm, sold to ECI
Manchester-based private equity firm NorthEdge said it completed the sale of CMap, the Manchester-headquartered Professional Services Automation (PSA) software business, to London private equity firm ECI. CMap serves…
Powerhouse fund boosts Radical Forge, games firm
Radical Forge, the Middlesbrough-based games studio, has raised £2.6 million from NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of…
HW Group, executive search firm, in big Leeds expansion
HW Group — an executive search firm which serves some of the world’s biggest brands — has launched a new Leeds-based finance division to meet…
TDR Capital ownership of Asda now 67.5%
Leeds-based Asda has confirmed that funds managed by TDR Capital LLP have completed the acquisition of Zuber Issa’s shares in the business. This brings the…
Leeds developer Citu in £200m plan for 600 homes
Leeds-based sustainable developer Citu has announced a significant new partnership with The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USRF) and its Investment Adviser SURE Capital Partners, signing a…
Suttons Tankers of Widnes sold to Netherlands’ Schenk
The Sutton and Broadhurst families said they completed the sale of their interest in Widnes-based Suttons Tankers Holdings Limited and its trading subsidiary, Suttons Tankers…
Aon buys Griffiths & Armour, Liverpool insurance firm
Aon plc said it has agreed to acquire Liverpool-based insurance broker Griffiths & Armour. Griffiths & Armour will become wholly-owned by Aon UK Limited. “The combination…
Newcastle’s Accord Healthcare gets £50m govt boost
Newcastle-based Accord Healthcare hosted UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Friday as she launched a new Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) and announced the unlocking of a…
North East universities to launch spinout fund
The universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside are to launch a fund to invest in their spinout companies. The universities have committed £12.5…
Redcentric appoints shareholder representative to board
Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc announced that John Radziwill has been appointed as non-executive director of the company as a representative of ND Capital Investments Limited,…
Skipton names Gunawickrema to board
Skipton Building Society has named Hasintha Gunawickrema to its board as non-executive director, subject to regulatory approval. A former Barclays financial analyst, Gunawickrema worked at…
Boohoo names Finley CEO, snubs Ashley
Manchester online fashion firm Boohoo Group has named insider Dan Finley as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect, snubbing billionaire investor Mike Ashley…