April 2025




B&M appoints CFO Schmidt as intermim CEO

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said on Wednesday that its chief financial officer (CFO) Mike Schmidt will also act as interim chief executive officer (CEO) while…


York’s Animalcare ups revenues and profit

York-based international firm Animalcare Group plc said its 2024 revenues from continuing operations increased 4.9% to £74.2 million “with sales growth delivered across all three…







Northern SMEs boosted by £81m debt fund

Frontier Development Capital (FDC), the debt funding specialist that is part of Mercia Asset Management, has launched a new £81.5 million fund to support the…















Supreme shares fall amid trading update

Shares of Supreme plc, the Manchester-based supplier of vaping supplies, drinks and fast-moving consumer goods, fell about 10% after it published a trading update for…





THG rejects ex-director’s takeover bid for Myprotein

Manchester-based online retailing group THG said on Wednesday it “unequivocally rejected” a “wholly unsolicited, largely unfunded, highly conditional and non-binding proposal” from investment vehicle Selkirk to…















Salford City Council appoints new CEO

Salford City Council has confirmed the appointment of Stephen Young as its new chief executive, the permanent successor to Tom Stannard who departed the role…

















Northern Procurement Alliance launched

Public sector clients in the north of England — including local authority housing teams, housing associations, education estates teams and local NHS Trusts — can now…



Redcentric CEO designate quits Harrogate firm

Harrogate-based IT managed services provider Redcentric plc said executive director and CEO designate Brian Woodford has decided “for personal reasons” to step down from his role at…