Supreme plc, the Manchester-based supplier of vaping supplies, drinks and fast-moving consumer goods, said it has entered into an exclusive five year licensing agreement with energy…

Shares of Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 8% on Friday after it published a trading update for the 12 months…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc announced that musicMagpie, which it acquired in December 2024, is partnering with Timpson to provide customers “with a faster and more…

Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global software company, has announced the acquisition of Akao, a French specialist in “digitalisation and automation solutions.” Sage is…

Shares of Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 7% after it published unaudited financial results for the six months ended September 30,…

Shares of Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 12% as it held its AGM and published a strong trading statement for the…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc said its revenue grew 9% to £1.138 billion in the year ended March 31, 2025, including a £30 million revenue contribution…

Shares of Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 5% after it published a strong trading update for the 12 months to March…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc said half-year profit rose, as its direct to consumer business grew strongly, though not in the areas it had…

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…

Kao Data has started work on a £350 million data centre in Stockport, one of the largest in the region. The 40MW, 25,900 sq m…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc has agreed to buy Stockport second-hand media seller musicMagpie for about  £10 million in cash.  “With complementary business models…

Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc reported a dip in annual sales as the cost-of-living crisis ate into consumers’ spending, but its profit rose due…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 12% after it published a strong trading update for the 12 months to March…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc is upgrading its full-year guidance after it swung to a profit of £13 million in the six months ended September…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc returned to profit in the year to March 31, 2023, with statutory profit before tax of £7.6 million compared to…

Frasers Group plc announced it has acquired a strategic stake of 18.9% in Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc. Frasers, formerly called Sports Direct, is…

Kao Data announced it has secured an extensive, industrial-scale site for redevelopment at Kenwood Point, Manchester, with the aim of establishing a new 40MW data…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 11% on Friday after it published a trading update for the 12 months to March 31,…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 30% on Tuesday after it issued a trading update and increased its profit guidance for the…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 11% on Tuesday after it published an unscheduled trading update for its third quarter, the three…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 16% on Tuesday after it said the six months to September 2022 represented “solid progress…

UK prime minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday — and scrapped parts of their economic package that led to turmoil…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 13% on Thursday after it announced results for the year to March 31, 2022 — but…

Shares of embattled Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell another 9% on Wednesday after it said it plans to raise £40 million through a…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell another 12% on Monday as the firm confirmed news reports that one of the third-party credit…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc announced it will close its German business “based on the continuing deterioration in the outlook for the German business,…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell as much as 20% on Friday after it said it remains “cautious” about its revenue and…

New analysis from exchange-traded products provider GraniteShares reveals that Manchester-based fashion giant Boohoo and Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc were among the most shorted UK stocks…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc has announced a strategic review of its German business and a third quarter trading update for the period ended December…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell another 17% on Tuesday after it cut its profit outlook and warned about “meaningful supply chain…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc slumped 22% on Friday after it warned that its growth has been “impacted by the nationwide shortage…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Thursday its group adjusted EBITDA increased 191% to £64 million in the year to March 31 as…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Thursday its revenue increased 62% to £1.66 billion in the year to March 31, 2021, and it expects adjusted…

Shares of Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm HSS Hire Group plc rose about 4% on Wednesday after it said it agreed to sell Laois Hire…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell about 5% on Tuesday after it issued a trading update for its third quarter to December 31,…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Tuesday its revenue soared 53.2% to £717 million in the six months to September 30 and it…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 30% on Thursday after it issued a trading update for the six months ended September 30,…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Friday it is creating 650 new jobs across the UK in its retail, mobile, tech, financial services…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Thursday it recorded strong year-on-year revenue growth of 58.9% to £401.3 million in the UK and of…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World on Tuesday announced a bonus scheme for its 3,000 staff — but the plan would only be triggered if the…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said on Tuesday its revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020, rose 15.9% to £1.04 billion — but its…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World rose about 6% on Tuesday after it said in a trading update it “has grown market share and seen…

Sajid Javid has resigned as the UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first big cabinet reshuffle went spectacularly wrong. Bloomberg…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World rose about 13% on Tuesday after it said its revenue rose 16.3% to £470.1 million in the six months…

Shares in Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct fell by as much as 27% on Monday morning following the chaos that surrounded the retailer’s delayed annual results…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell about 7% on Tuesday after it said problems in its European business have been overshadowing growth in…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell 6% on Thursday after it said its revenue is expected to rise around 13% to £900 million…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said on Friday its revenue rose 8.2% in its third quarter, the three months to December 31, 2018. In a…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell about 6% on Tuesday after it said its revenue grew 9.9% to £404.2 million in the six months to…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc said on Friday it agreed to acquire Mobile Phones Direct Limited for about £32.5 million in cash and shares….

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World rose about 5% after it said its revenue for the year ended March 31, 2018, rose 13.6% to £796.8 million. AO…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World rose roughly 10% after it said its revenue for the year to March 31 is expected to be about…

Bolton-based European online electrical retailer AO World said its group revenue was up 16.6% for the three months to December 31, 2017, year on year. In a trading update for…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said its revenue rose 13.3% to £368 million in the six months ended September 30, 2017. However, group operating loss was £12 million compared…

Aon plc said it will acquire Leeds-based Henderson Insurance Broking Group. Terms have been agreed and Aon anticipates to complete the acquisition in December. Financial…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell about 11% after it reported an operating loss of £12 million for the year to March 31 and warned of a “challenging…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said it raised £50 million in a placing of 37.73 million shares at 132.5p — representing about 9% of the firm’s share capital. Further, in…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said chief operating officer Steve Caunce would succeed company founder John Roberts as its CEO, effective immediately. Roberts, 43, who founded AO World in 2000 and…

Ashington, Northumberland-based Bernicia, one of the largest providers of affordable homes in the North East of England, said it has secured a £100 million loan…

Shares of Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail plc rose as much as 15% on Wednesday after it published results for the 52 weeks to March…

Carlisle-based international livestock supplements firm Fevara plc, formerly called Carr’s Group, said its adjusted profit before tax rose 18.8% to £7 million on unchanged revenue…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail plc announced on Friday two directorate changes and an addition to its leadership team. Helen Cowing has stepped down from…

A new report from the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) found the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) “quickly intervened to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, has reported a 2025 statutory loss before tax of £61.7 million “reflecting £41.7m of other items, including…

Newcastle-based housebuilder Bellway plc has reported “clear signs of improving customer demand in the early weeks of the current spring selling season compared to the…

The Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (CWCA) shadow board will be asked at its meeting on January 30 to approve in principle the appointment of…

The mutually-owned Skipton Group, which includes Skipton Building Society and estate agency Connells Group, announced on Friday the appointment of Peter Griffiths the new chair…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property investment and development group, said it has made a number of promotions and organisational changes. Steven Stacey has been promoted…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property investment and development group, announced that Hallam Land, the firm’s land promotion and planning business, has completed the sale of…