Peel Ports in huge Liverpool, Glasgow warehouse plan
Liverpool-based Peel Ports, the UK’s second-largest port operator, is to create more than one million square feet of additional Grade A warehousing capacity across its…
October 2026
Manchester Airport train station gets £115m investment
A £115 million investment into Manchester Airport train station will start this winter to improve future connectivity at one of the Britain’s most important transport…
Maslow in £137m Vita deal at Circle Square, Manchester
Specialist real estate finance provider Maslow Capital said it completed a £136.8 million facility for Vita Group, secured by the North and East Towers at…
Filtronic shares soar 27% after $68m SpaceX order
Shares of Sedgefield, County Durham-based Filtronic plc have soared more than 25% in recent days following its announcement that it secured a $68.1m (£51.3m) follow-on…
Morrisons ‘held talks to merge with Sainsbury’s’
Sainsbury’s held talks earlier this year with private equity-owned Bradford rival Morrisons over a potential multibillion-pound merger deal, according to a report in The Financial…
AJ Bell: Brits spend pension cash amid budget fears
Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell has warned that UK budget speculation around the fate of tax-free cash has “led to excess tax-free cash withdrawals which…
Salford’s TalkTalk bought by BT Group
BT Group said on Monday that it has acquired Salford-based TalkTalk Telecommunications Limited and its wholesale business PlatformX Communications Limited out of the administration of…
Gleeson, Sheffield house builder, hires new CFO
MJ Gleeson, the Sheffield-based affordable housebuilder and strategic land promoter, said that after 11 years in the role, chief financial officer Stefan Allanson is to…
Doncaster’s DFS Furniture hires chair designate
Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc announced the appointment of Elizabeth McMeikan as an independent non-executive director and chair designate. McMeikan will join the board with immediate…
AJ Bell hires Donald as investment sales director
Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell announced the appointment of Andrew Donald as investment sales director. In the newly created role, Donald will lead adviser sales…
Salboy plans 2,000 build-to-rent homes with Everway
Salford-based property development and funding group Salboy said it has entered the build-to-rent (BTR) market for the first time with the launch of a dedicated…
Landsec buys Gateshead Metrocentre for £516m cash
Landsec announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire a 100% stake in Metrocentre, Gateshead, from Tynehawk Holdings (Jersey) Limited for a net cash consideration of…
Renew, Leeds engineer, expects record revenue, profit
Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings said it expects to report trading for the year in line with market consensus, achieving record levels of revenue…