Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owner of Littlewoods, announced the extension and renewal of its key debt facilities, securing long-term…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owner of Littlewoods, has announced “resilient Christmas and Black Friday trading results” for the six…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owner of Littlewoods, announced the completion of a transaction under which investment firm Carlyle becomes…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, said its group revenue declined 1.% to £2.13 billion in…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, said it has appointed former UK chancellor Nadhim Zahawi as…

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…

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…

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…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group said on Tuesday it has appointed Lionel Desclée, former president and CEO of Walmart Japan, as…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group said on Tuesday that its retail sales grew 21.9% for the seven weeks to December…

Salford-based fashion firm In The Style on Friday announced big changes to its leadership team with Sam Perkins hired from The Very Group as the company’s…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services group The Very Group reported on Tuesday that its revenue rose 13% to a record £2.317 billion in the…

By Mark McSherry Liverpool-based online retail and financial services group The Very Group, owned by the billionaire Barclay family, said on Tuesday it refinanced and extended…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services giant The Very Group said on Thursday its revenue exceeded £2 billion for the first time in the year…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owner of Littlewoods, said its group revenue slipped 1.8% to £2.09 billion in the 52…

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….

Gateshead-based car supergroup Vertu Motors plc said on Thursday it has been notified by its insurers of a successful settlement of the group’s business interruption…

Chester-based GB Group (GBG) — a global identity verification, location intelligence and fraud prevention company — has confirmed its trading performance for the year to…

Shares of SysGroup, the Manchester-based cloud hosting, cyber security and AI enablement firm, rose about 20% after it published a trading update for the year…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said on Thursday it will launch a further £12 million share buyback programme as it published a trading update for the…

Shares of recently-floated The Beauty Tech Group plc, the Cheshire firm which owns brands including CurrentBody Skin, ZIIP Beauty and Tria Laser, rose about 5%…

Shares of York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music plc rose about 9% on Wednesday after it published a strong trading update. Gear4music executive chair Andrew…

Yorkshire-based SME investor Enact, which is managed by Leeds-based private equity firm Endless LLP, has confirmed the sale of Realise Training Group for an undisclosed…

The Beauty Tech Group — the Cheshire firm which owns brands including CurrentBody, ZIIP Beauty and Tria Laser — on Friday announced the successful pricing…

Leeds-based Evri Group, one of the UK’s largest dedicated parcel delivery companies, has announced a strategic £36 million investment programme to bolster its operational parcel…

The holding company of The Beauty Tech Group — which owns brands including CurrentBody, ZIIP Beauty and Tria Laser — has confirmed that it plans…

Co-op Group, the Manchester-based mutual, has announced major changes to its leadership team as it “moves forwards into the next phase of its growth ambition.”…

Shares of York-based life sciences firm Aptamer Group plc rose about 12% after it announced the launch of its biomarker discovery service, creating a new fee-for-service…

FirstGroup plc announced that it acquired Tetley’s Motor Services Limited (Tetley’s Coaches), a Leeds-based coach and bus operator that has been in operation for over…

Chester-based GB Group (GBG) confirmed that “the necessary workstreams” are underway to support its proposed application to the Financial Conduct Authority to move from the junior…

Wigan-based home delivery firm ArrowXL has been acquired by the Jacky Perrenot Group, a pan-European logistics and transportation business with a turnover of €1.2 billion….

Leeds-based Evri, one of the UK’s largest dedicated parcel delivery companies, and DHL eCommerce, the e-commerce logistics specialist of DHL Group, have announced a merger…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said its revenue rose 1.7% to £4.76 billion in the year ended February 28, 2025, with adjusted profit before tax falling 15.8%…

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

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said its reported 2024 profit before tax rose 77% to £39.4 million despite revenue slipping…

Switzerland-based Sika said it has acquired Whitley Bridge, North Yorkshire-based Cromar Building Products, a supplier of roofing systems in the UK. “The acquisition opens up…

FirstGroup plc announced it has entered a lease agreement with Angel Trains Limited and Hitachi Rail Limited for the lease of 14 new trains at…

Manchester-based Begbies Traynor Group plc said it is expanding its business recovery team in Brighton with the acquisition of White Maund Insolvency Practitioners. Begbies said…

Newcastle-based RMT Accountants & Business Advisors, part of the Sumer Group, said it will grow its presence in the business recovery and insolvency sector after completing…

Surrey firm Nurture Group has announced its 50th and largest acquisition to date with the purchase of Oldham-based grounds maintenance and landscaping firm Tivoli Group…

HW Group — an executive search firm which serves some of the world’s biggest brands — has launched a new Leeds-based finance division to meet…

Stevenage-based M Group Services said it completed the acquisition of Warrington-based BGEN Ltd, one of the UK’s largest independent technical engineering solutions businesses with a…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc reported a sharp drop in sales and profit for the year, but said it expected a gradual market recovery to put…

James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging group, said its trading for the 18-week period ended July 27, 2024, is in…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, reported a sharp drop in half-year sales and profit as it suffered from a lacklustre…

SysGroup, the Manchester-based IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, said its revenue grew 5% to £22.7 million in the year to March 31,…

New York private equity firm Apollo announced that Apollo-managed funds have entered into a definitive agreement with Advent International to acquire Leeds-based Evri, one of the UK’s…

Begbies Traynor Group plc, the Manchester-based business recovery and financial advisory firm, confirmed its revenue increased 12% to £136.7 million in the year ended April 30,…

Newton Aycliffe-based offshore energy services firm Tekmar Group has announced board and leadership changes in line with its succession planning. Richard Turner, 45, will join Tekmar…

County Durham-headquartered energy, property and mining firm the Banks Group said it delivered a “robust performance” in 2023 across all of its business areas in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) has announced a change in chief executive officer. GB Group, experts in digital location, identity verification and identity…

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…

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….

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) is to close after owner Peel Group said “no tangible proposals have been received regarding the ownership of the airport or…

Frasers Group announced that Mike Ashley will step down from its board at the firm’s AGM on October 19, 2022, months after handing over the…

More than 1,000 jobs are available with Manchester Airports Group (MAG) – which owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports – amid…

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…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said on Thursday it conditionally agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based Acuant, a US identity verification and identity fraud prevention…

Newcastle United Football Club announced that an investment group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and including PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports…