Blackburn-based petrol forecourt and retail giant EG Group — owned by brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity group TDR Capital — announced it has…

Blackburn-based petrol forecourt and retail company EG Group announced it has agreed a deal to acquire Tesla’s latest ultra-fast charging units to boost its electric…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda announced it has completed the acquisition of EG Group’s UK business for an enterprise value of £2.07 billion. “Buying the EG…

Blackburn-based petrol forecourt and retail company EG Group, which last week sold its UK and Ireland operations to Asda, announced it is seeking to amend…

Blackburn-based petrol station, restaurant and convenience store giant EG Group announced it has agreed to the sale and leaseback on a portfolio of its sites on the…

Blackburn-based petrol station, restaurant and convenience store giant EG Group announced that its revenue increased 12.3% to $8 billion for the three months to September 30,…

Blackburn-based petrol station, restaurant and convenience store giant EG Group has announced plans to create more than 32,000 jobs globally over a five-year period — driven by a…

Leon, the “fresh fast food” restaurant chain bought by Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group in April, has unveiled a growth strategy centred on plans…

Blackburn-based billionaires the Issa brothers are considering merging their recently-acquired Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda with EG Group, their international chain of petrol stations and convenience stores,…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group is exploring options including a possible sale or an IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported….

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group, owned by the billionaire Issa brothers, announced it has acquired the British fresh fast food restaurant chain Leon Restaurants Limited…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group announced it has agreed to acquire a network of 285 petrol station forecourts in Southern Germany from OMV Deutschland…

Blackburn-based petrol station billionaires the Issa brothers have announced that their company, EG Group, is expanding further in the United States. The Issa brothers and…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group has appointed accounting firm KPMG as its new auditor following the resignation of Deloitte. The Financial Times newspaper…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group on Friday announced huge expansion plans in Australia by agreeing to buy Woolworths Group’s 540 site network (Woolworths Petrol)…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group announced on Tuesday a further expansion in the United States with the acquisition of 225 Minit Mart branded convenience retail stores and gas stations and related assets from TravelCenters of…

Blackburn-based EG Group announced a major petrol forecourt convenience retail expansion in the United States by agreeing to buy a 762-site network from The Kroger Co….

Manchester-based cyber security and risk mitigation firm NCC Group said it sold the Open Registry group of companies for about €3.75 million. The Open Registry group of companies comprises…

Shares of Chester-based GB Group (GBG), experts in global identity and location software, rose as much as 15% after it published an update on trading…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, said it has promoted its retail managing director Robbie Feather to…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell almost 40% after it announced it is “actively exploring all the strategic options available to it…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said its 2023 revenue rose 8% to £802.5 million and profit before tax profit increased 17%…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, announced it has agreed a new long-term partnership with investment firm…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery and financial advisory firm, has issued a trading update for its third quarter ended January 31, 2024, and announced…

Shares of York-based life sciences firm Aptamer Group plc rose about 11% after it announced the second phase of its ongoing partnership with Neuro-Bio, an Oxfordshire-based…

Liverpool-based delivery firm Yodel said it has been acquired by YDLGP Limited, a newly formed company connected to logistics firm Shift, for an undisclosed amount….

Shares of SysGroup plc, the IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, rose more than 20% after it said it performed well during the third…

More than 47,000 UK businesses start 2024 on “the edge of collapse” after levels of “critical financial distress” again rose over 25%, according to the…

London’s Metropolitan Police said detectives investigating a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange have arrested six people. Three people were arrested in Liverpool, two…

Aberdeen-based rail and bus giant FirstGroup plc has submitted the first phase of an application for a new open access rail service between London and…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, said its revenue in the half year ended October 31, 2023, increased by…

Shares of Chester-based digital identity data company GB Group (GBG) fell as much as 6% after it said first-half revenue slipped 1.1% to £132.4 million…

SysGroup plc, the Liverpool-based IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, said its revenue fell 3% to £10.96 million in the six months to…

Bradford-based window and door company Safestyle UK plc said on Friday it has requested that its shares are suspended from trading on AIM with effect from…

County Durham family firm the Banks Group announced that its renewable energy division Banks Renewables is being acquired by Brookfield, the Canadian asset manager with…

Newcastle-based Greggs reported that its third-quarter total sales rose 20.8% for the 13 weeks to September 30, 2023, with company-managed shop like-for-like sales up 14.2%….

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based professional services consultancy, said it is expanding its operations in South Wales following the acquisition of Jones Giles & Clay…

Almost 5,000 people across the Liverpool City Region are set to receive free tablets, internet access and on-line skills training as part of a partnership…

Newcastle-based Greggs said its total sales for the 26 weeks to July 1, 2023, rose 21.5% to £844 million and underlying profit before tax excluding…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said that 57.46% of votes were cast against its directors’ remuneration report at the firm’s AGM on Thursday….

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, has reported a rise in annual revenue, profit and dividend, all helped…

Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited (MAGIL) said its revenue increased 122.8% to £1.027 billion and its adjusted EBITDA rose 228.1% to £410.4 million in the 12 months…

SysGroup plc, the Liverpool-based IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, said its revenue soared 47% to £21.6 million and adjusted profit before tax rose…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) announced the appointment of Ken O’Toole as its next group CEO. O’Toole will take over as CEO on October 1, 2023,…

By Mark McSherry New York-based Stellex Capital Management, a middle-market private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Bryden Capital Limited (BCL) and MPL Group Limited,…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda announced it would buy Blackburn-based petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business for an enterprise value of £2.27 billion —…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, said its revenue is expected to increase 11% to £122 million and adjusted…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, said it has completed the acquisition of BLC No1 Limited, which trades…

By Mark McSherry Munich-based investment firm Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA said it has sold Manchester-based Distrelec Group, a European B2B distributor of electronic…

NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, announced the appointment of The Guardian executive Diji Akinwale to the new role of Director of Strategy…

Lloyds Banking Group has announced plans to move into what it called “the most energy efficient office buildings in Yorkshire” at 11 and 12 Wellington…

Newcastle-based Greggs said its 2022 pre-tax profit rose 1.9% to £148.3 million as total sales rose 23% to £1.513 billion. Total ordinary dividend per share…

Benchmark Holdings, the Sheffield-based quaculture genetics, health and nutrition company, announced that it has acquired the remaining 10.52% minority interest in its subsidiary Benchmark Genetics Iceland….

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc rose about 8% as the firm’s new CEO Régis Schultz and his management team gave…

The number of UK businesses in financial distress has increased as legacy Covid debt, rampant inflation and tumbling consumer confidence puts companies closer to collapse,…

Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory has announced the appointment of Matthias Seeger as its chief financial officer “after an extensive search process.” Seeger…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group rose about 8% after it announced that full and final settlement has now been…

Legal & General Capital announced that it committed around £5 billion towards “levelling up” the UK’s towns and cities across 2022, driving regional economic growth,…

One of the first big corporate statements of 2023 will come from Newcastle-based Greggs on Thursday, January 5, when the firm publishes a fourth quarter…

By Mark McSherry More than 56,000 jobs were created, almost £6 billion of investment generated, and almost £12 billion turnover achieved in 2020-21 by spin-out…

Soft drinks giant Britvic announced that it has appointed former Greggs chair Ian Durant as an independent non-executive director and chair designate, with the appointment…

Begbies Traynor Group on Tuesday said its half-year profit soared as revenue also grew by double digits in both of its divisions, while it declared…

Salford-based fashion firm In The Style announced it will conduct a strategic review of the group’s business as a whole and has appointed investment bank Lincoln…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has reported an operating profit of £22.8 million for the six months to September 30, 2022, compared with losses of £75.7…

Manchester United plc has announced that the company’s board of directors “is commencing a process to explore strategic alternatives for the club.” As part of…

Manchester-based Begbies Traynor Group plc said it expects revenue to increase 12% to £58.5 million for the six months ended October 31, 2022. In a…

Hertfordshire-based payment services provider PayPoint said on Monday it is buying Liverpool-based prepaid gift card and voucher provider Appreciate Group. The deal values AIM-listed Appreciate…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, announced that finance director Jez Maiden will retire next year after eight years in…

Shares of SysGroup plc, the Liverpool-based IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, rose about 13% after it published a strong trading update for the…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, operator of digital retailers Very and Littlewoods, announced that its revenue slipped 7.3% to £2.148 billion for the…