Yorkshire Building Society balances rise to £54bn
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its savings balances increased £1.1 billion year on year to £54 billion in 2025 “of which the increase in shares…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its savings balances increased £1.1 billion year on year to £54 billion in 2025 “of which the increase in shares…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced on Friday that its chief financial officer Tom Ranger has informed the board of his intention to leave the Society…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society has reported statutory profit before tax of £187.9 million for the first half of 2025, up from £158.1 million for the…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its balances increased £4.9 billion in 2024 to £52 billion in a year when it paid “favourable” rates that were “0.90…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said in its half-yearly financial report that its balances increased £2.6 billion in the six months to June 30, 2024, and…
Yorkshire Building Society has defended its remuneration package for new chief executive Susan Allen by saying a big one-off payment included in her £4.046 million…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its balances increased by £5.1 billion to £47.1 billion in 2023 as profit before tax slipped 10% to £450.3 million….
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Richard Bowles as Chief Risk Officer to lead the mutual’s compliance, risk and legal teams. “He joins at a crucial…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that its chief financial officer (CFO) Alasdair Lenman plans to retire in June this year after seven years with the mutual…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its balances increased by £3.6 billion to £45.6 billion in the six months to June 30, 2023, amid rising interest…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that after nine years at the mutual, chair John Heaps will step down and be succeeded by Annemarie Durbin, who…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that Barclays executive Susan Allen has been appointed as its chief executive officer. Yorkshire Building Society has assets of £56.4…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced its saving balances increased to £37.7 billion in the six months to June 30, 2022, up from £35.5 billion at…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced on Friday that Alasdair Lenman has been appointed as interim chief executive officer with immediate effect and that Robert Purdy has…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its mortgage balances in 2021 increased 8% to £41.9 billion, the highest in its history. Throughout the year the mutual…
Santander UK announced on Monday the appointment of Mike Regnier as its chief executive officer (CEO), subject to regulatory approval. Regnier joins Santander UK from Yorkshire…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that its retail savings balances rose £1.8 billion to £35.2 billion during the six months to June 30, 2021. The mutually-owned…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said on Wednesday its saving balances increased by £2.7 billion to £33.4 billion in 2020 as its total assets rose to…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said on Thursday its assets rose to £45.1 billion in the six months to June 30, 2020, up from £43.4 billion at…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said on Thursday its 2019 core operating profit rose to £184.6m from £180.8 million in 2018 but pre-tax profit slipped to…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society’s recent interim results showed the member-owned mutual’s pre-tax profit fell to £76.5 million in the six months to June 30 from £88.6 million…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said on Thursday its 2018 pre-tax profit rose 16% to £192.5 million as its gross mortgage lending increased 10% to a record…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society’s recent interim results showed its core operating profit rose to £86.3 million for the first six months of the year compared to £84.2 million…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said it increased its core operating profit by 35% to £84.2 million in the first half of 2017 but its profit before…
M7 Real Estate has agreed to acquire Bridgewater Place in Leeds for £84.5 million ahead of a potential initial public offering (IPO) for the property…
A phased plan to fix Yorkshire’s “broken” railways has been published by Lord David Blunkett. Blunkett’s review of rail connectivity has identified how “constrained and…
Leaders of West Yorkshire Combined Authority said they have approved its budget “showing devolution in action” against a backdrop of difficult decisions for the public…
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has unveiled a 10-year, £7 billion growth plan, which could support the creation of 33,000 jobs and unlock £26 billion…
Newcastle-based SkinBioTherapeutics announced the acquisition of Driffield, Yorkshire-based Bio-Tech Solutions Ltd (BTS) for a total enterprise consideration of £1.25 million payable in cash on closing. The…
A West Yorkshire trade mission including the region’s health sector and music industry — with a dozen businesses joining Mayor Tracy Brabin — is in…
South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard welcomed the news that South Yorkshire is set to become the location of US nuclear energy company Holtec’s planned new…
Private equity firm Inflexion announced it has invested in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire-based Cutwel, a specialist cutting tool distributor, alongside the firm’s management team led by…
Property firm Eddisons said it has sold the 11,000 sq ft former Yorkshire Bank Chambers in Sheffield city centre — which was once the city’s…
The Groucho Club is to open its first venue outside of London in the grounds of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). The renowned arts and…
Yorkshire Building Society has confirmed that Santander UK executive Tom Ranger will join the mutual as chief finance officer (CFO) later this year. Yorkshire Building…
Leeds Building Society has announced agreements with North Yorkshire Council and North Norfolk District Council to stop new loans on holiday let homes during a…
Denmark’s Ørsted has announced it will press ahead with Hornsea 3, the “world’s single largest offshore wind farm” about 160 km off the Yorkshire coast….
The UK government has launched England’s third Investment Zone in West Yorkshire focussed on Huddersfield, Bradford and Leeds, which it said will help to create more…
South Yorkshire is to become the UK’s first Investment Zone, creating an expected 8,000 new jobs and bringing £1.2 billion of private investment by 2030….
Aberdeen-based global engineering firm John Wood Group said it is working with Centrica Storage to evaluate the feasibility of transforming its Easington gas processing terminal in…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced that its 2022 profit before tax rose 57% to £502.5 million as its savings balances rose £6.5 billion to a…
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority (SYPA) said it invested £80 million via local development loans into the local economy in 2022 “as part of the organisation’s…
Knaresborough, North Yorkshire-based modular housebuilder ilke Homes said it raised £100 million from new and existing shareholders following successive years of triple-digit growth. It said the…
Silsden, West Yorkshire-based Ecology Building Society has appointed Gareth Griffiths as chief executive officer, subject to regulatory approval. Griffiths is currently head of retail banking at…
Yorkshire County Cricket Club announced on Monday the appointment of Yorkshire and England cricket legend Darren Gough as Managing Director on an interim basis, initially…
All members of Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s coaching team are among 16 people who have now left the club following allegations of institutional racism. “We can…
British consumers are currently facing a £371 billion savings shortfall when it comes to feeling able to withstand a financial shock, according to Yorkshire Building…
Newcastle Building Society said on Friday its assets grew 11% to £4.9 billion in 2020 and it attracted 6,000 new branch customers, helping to growing its…
Ferrovial’s Amey said it has been awarded the £180 million Area 12 Maintenance and Response (M&R) contract for Yorkshire and Humberside by Highways England. “The eight-year contract…
Silsden, West Yorkshire-based Ecology Building Society on Wednesday announced results for the year ending December 31, 2019, showing savings balances up 11.6% at £185.3 million…
Manchester giant Peel Land and Property (Peel L&P) announced it has appointed Phil Wilson as chief executive of what will be its new housebuilding division,…
The 2018 Tour de Yorkshire boosted the county’s economy by about £98 million, according to an economic impact study conducted by independent research company GRASP and…
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG said on Tuesday its underlying profit before tax rose 33% to £293 million in the year to September 30. CYBG…
West Yorkshire-based NG Bailey, the family-owned engineering, IT and facilities services firm, said its sales increased 23% to £500 million and operating profit doubled from £6…
British Gas owner Centrica said it would close its ageing Rough facility off the Yorkshire coast, the UK’s largest natural gas storage site. Analysts said the…
Manchester-based Bank North, the new regional business bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced the internal promotion of two senior team members to…
Rotherham-based land developer Harworth Group plc and Microsoft have received a resolution to grant planning consent for a hyperscale data centre and Industrial and Logistics…
The UK government is to back Sheffield-based green hydrogen firm ITM Power with a combination of a £40 million equity investment through Great British Energy…
Henkel, a Germany-based adhesives, sealants and coatings company, and Wetherby Laroc, a Dalton, North Yorkshire-based manufacturer of high-performance building products and facade systems, have announced…
The UK government said that commuters across the North West of England are set to benefit from a brand new rail line between Liverpool and…
Sheffield-based Henry Boot said on Tuesday that HBD, the group’s property investment and development arm, in partnership with St John’s College Cambridge, has secured an…
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) said it has completed a full refurbishment of its landmark Halifax office following a £116 million investment in the project. “The…
Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said its group revenue rose 2% to £548 million in the 10 months ended October 31, 2025….
The Royal Academy of Engineering said it has launched a new Enterprise Hub in Sheffield, designed to support local engineering and technology innovators and entrepreneurs…
Humber Freeport has welcomed planning approval for two major developments within the Freeport’s Goole tax site. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Planning Committee has granted…
UK energy regulator Ofgem and Drax, the North Yorkshire power generator, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Forvis Mazars to conduct an independent external audit of…
Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international steel group, announced that after almost eight years as its chief financial officer (CFO), Adam Semple “has agreed with…
Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international steel group, announced the appointment of Laing O’Rourke executive Paul McNerney as its new CEO “following a comprehensive executive search…
Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said its first-half profit before tax fell 46% to £11.7 million in the six months to…
Shares of Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, fell as much as 20% after it published a trading update for the six…