Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma, the drug development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announced it conditionally raised £34.2 million via a placing sale of 58 million…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 9% on Thursday after the firm published an update on trading for its financial year…

Shares of Sheffield-based aquaculture biotech firm Benchmark Holdings rose about 5% on Wednesday after it reported 33% growth in revenue to £79.2 million and a 100%…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group soared as much as 40% on Wednesday after it published results for the…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings has announced record half year results for the six months ended March 31, 2022, in which revenue rose 13.1%…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based Victorian Plumbing Group has published half year results for the six months ended March 31, 2022, showing revenue was down 5% year-on-year to…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group rose about 10% on Tuesday after it published a trading update saying it has “successfully navigated…

Shares of Huddersfield-based Fintel plc, a provider of compliance and business services to financial advisers and institutions, rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published…

Newcastle-based Greggs published a trading update on Monday saying its total sales in the 19 weeks to May 14, 2022, rose 31% to £495 million….

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…

Shares of Sheffield-based Fulcrum Utility Services Limited fell 23% on Friday after it published a trading update today for its financial year ended March 31, 2022,…

Manchester-based commercial property giant Bruntwood announced it has purchased a 42.4% share in a new co-operative owned wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, becoming the first…

Sage Group, the Newcastle-based accounting software giant for SMEs, said on Friday its first-half statutory revenue held steady at £934 million as it reported strong…

The Abrdn-managed UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has acquired a hotel development in Leeds, from Marrico (Sovereign Square) Ltd, a joint venture between Marrico LLP…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said its profit before tax for the six months ended March 31 soared 122% to £98.8 million as revenue…

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc rose about 7% on Thursday after it published a positive trading update and said it…

Shares of Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc rose about 9% on Wednesday after the firm reported that its revenue grew to £3.6 billion in the year ended February…

Shares of Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, fell about 9% on Wednesday after it published an AGM trading update covering the…

Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, announced that CEO Russell Down intends to retire after seven years with the company. Down will…

Shares of Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, rose about 5% after it published a…

FTSE 100 companies are poised to set a new all-time record for share buybacks in 2022, according to Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell. The firm’s investment…

Administrators PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced on Monday that it completed a sale of McColl’s Retail Group plc to Alliance Property Holdings Limited, part of the Bradford-based Morrisons…

Manchester-based cyber security and risk mitigation firm NCC Group announced the appointment of EY executive Mike Maddison as its new CEO following Adam Palser’s decision to step down…

Manchester’s Glenbrook and Leeds-based Town Centre Securities PLC (TCS) have submitted full detailed planning applications as part of a joint venture for a £280 million…

Rotherham-based property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group is seeking an investor to forward fund its “Project Spur” plan, a single family Built to Rent (BTR)…

Manchester-based Co-op Bank on Thursday published a first quarter trading update for the three months ended March 31, saying it made profit before tax of £30.5 million, up…

The University of Hull announced it has secured £86 million of green funding to invest in sustainable facilities and infrastructure, accelerating its ambition of becoming…

Shares of Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) rose about 8% on Wednesday after it published a positive trading statement for its AGM saying…

Sheffield-based property group Henry Boot plc announced its land promotion business, Hallam Land Management (HLM), completed the sale of 2,170 residential plots in Didcot, Oxfordshire…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo fell as much as 15% on Wednesday after it reported that profit before tax fell 94% to £7.8…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory rose about 5% on Tuesday after it published results for the year to January 31, 2022,…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it “proposes to accept” an offer from supermarket group Morrisons’ new private equity owner, Clayton, Dubilier…

Shares of Sheffield-based international building materials supplier SIG plc rose about 12% on Friday after it published a trading update saying it expects to deliver full…

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…

Salford-based fashion firm In The Style announced that it expects, subject to audit, to report full-year revenue of £57.3 million, which equates to 28% growth…

Shares of Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm HSS Hire Group plc rose 6% on Thursday after it published results for the 53 week period…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Thursday it is launching a formal sale process for the company after an investment firm connected to Vp…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc said its first quarter revenue rose 28.9% year-on-year to £39.6 million — as it announced that chairman John Nichols…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc has announced that Graham Prothero, currently chief operating officer of Vistry Group, will succeed James Thomson as CEO of…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Wednesday that CEO Steve Mogford will step down and retire from the board early next year and that Louise…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said on Wednesday its current forward sales position is £2.8 billion and the average selling price in the forward…

Barnsley-based structural steel and construction firm Billington Holdings Plc said its revenue increased by 25.3% to £82.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2021, “as activity…

Rotherham-based property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group has appointed Peter Henry to the newly created role of Director of Sustainability. Henry will report to…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc said its revenue for the year to March 31 were £37.6 million, up 105% on the previous year and…

Shares of Northcoders Group plc rose as much as 20% on Tuesday after the provider of training programmes for software coding published its first set…

Leeds-based Asda and Bradford-based Morrisons said on Monday that they would cut the prices of essential items amid soaring inflation and slumping UK consumer confidence….

Shares of Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — rose more than 10% on Monday after it announced…

Shares of Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail fell as much as 7% on Friday after it announced that CEO Simon Arora intends to retire…

Bradford-based window and door company Safestyle UK on Thursday announced its first return to full year profitability since 2017 as its 2021 revenue increased to…

Shares of Chester-based digital identity verification company GB Group (GBG) rose about 13% on Thursday after it published a trading update for the year to March…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based digital media and youth content publisher of Ladbible and other news brands including Sportbible and Tyla, said its 2021 revenue…

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…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory rose as much as 30% on Thursday after it announced it agreed terms on a…

Shares of York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music plc fell as much as 30% on Thursday after it published a year-end trading update covering the…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said on Thursday its total assets under administration (AUA) in the three months ended March 31 closed at £74.1 billion, up…

Shares of Manchester e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant THG plc rose about 20% on Thursday after it revealed it has received “indicative proposals” on a potential…

Shares of Severfield plc, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, rose about 12% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the year ended March…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group said on Wednesday its first-half revenue rose 10.6% to £222.7 million in the 26 weeks ended February 26 and profit…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell has launched its new investment app called Dodl which aims to “make investing easier and accessible to everyone” via a…

Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle-based Northcoders, the provider of training programmes for software coding, is to expand further by opening a new training hub in Birmingham…

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…

Shares of Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc rose about 32% on Thursday after it published a trading update covering the year ended…

Everton Football Club said it has signed an agreement with Laing O’Rourke which will see the contractor deliver the next and final phase of development…

Cheadle, Chesire-based Together Financial Services Limited, a specialist mortgage and secured loans provider with a loan book of £4.4 billion, announced it refinanced its revolving Lakeside securitisation…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons rose about 4% on Wednesday after it said its revenue for the three months to February 28 rose…

Shares of Manchester-based fast-moving consumer products wholesaler Supreme plc fell 18% on Tuesday after it published a trading update for the 12 months ended March 31,…

By Mark McSherry The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Tuesday it has commenced an investigation into Deloitte’s auditing of Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant…

Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com said on Tuesday that its first-quarter revenue rose 8% to £92.3 million — with growth in its money and travel segments…

Property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group announced it has secured planning consent for the direct development of 93,000 sq. ft of employment space at…

Shares of Wetherby-based diagnostics company Avacta Group plc rose 12% on Friday after it announced that AffyXell Therapeutic, a joint venture between Avacta and Daewoong Pharmaceutical, entered into…