AJ Bell says ISAs at record £620bn, but too much in cash
Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said almost two million more people paid into ISAs in 2019-20 as the market hit a record valuation of £620…
Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said almost two million more people paid into ISAs in 2019-20 as the market hit a record valuation of £620…
Shares of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc rose about 4% on Wednesday after it announced it entered into a licence and supply agreement with…
Newcastle-based Greggs plc announced it has appointed Mohamed Elsarky as an independent non-executive director with effect from June 21, 2021, and that Peter McPhillips will retire…
Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Tuesday its revenue fell 15% to £308 million in the year ended 31 March 2021 and it made…
Shares of Chesire-based veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals rose about 4% on Tuesday after it published an update on trading and outlook for the current financial…
Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc said on Monday that interim chief financial officer Anna Bielby will leave the firm next month and that it has…
Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics rose about 2% on Monday after it published a strong trading update for the year ended April…
Plans for a £400 million city centre regeneration scheme that will create more than 1,200 homes have been approved by Manchester City Council. MCR Property…
Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced it agreed “non-binding headline terms” for the disposal of Sports Unlimited Retail BV (SUR), a wholly…
The University of Manchester announced that Bruntwood SciTech, a property firm that specializes in the science and technology sector, is to be its preferred bidder to…
Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail S.A. said on Thursday its revenue soared 25.9% to just over £4.8 billion for the 52 weeks to March 27, 2021,…
Leeds-based Jet2 plc announced on Wednesday the signing of a new £150 million term loan and the launch of an offering of £375 million of guaranteed…
Macclesfield-based Redx Pharma plc, the drug development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announced that Iain Ross is stepping down from his role as director and…
Electric vehicle battery company Britishvolt has signed an agreement with three universities in the North East of England to explore collaborations in research and development…
Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Tuesday it “is not engaged in a process to recruit a chief executive officer or…
Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant Bodycote plc said on Thursday its revenue for the four-month period to April 30, 2021, was £208 million,…
Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said on Thursday its revenue rose 21% to £73.9 million in the six months to March 31, 2021, with profit before…
Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Thursday its underlying operating profit fell from £732.1 million to £602.1 million as revenue slipped 2.8% to £1.80 billion in the…
Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group said its revenue grew 7.9% to a record £1.14 billion in the 52 weeks to March 25…
Nissan is in advanced talks with an attempt to secure tens of millions of pounds of support from the UK government to build a massive…
Newcastle-headquartered international rail and bus giant Go-Ahead Group announced that David Brown intends to retire as group chief executive at the end of this year…
Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell about 30% on Wednesday after it completed a deeply discounted sale of stock at 20p per share…
Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, said its revenue fell 10.6% to £363.6 million in the year to March 31, 2021, and…
Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc announced its intention to raise gross proceeds of £21 million via discounted sale of stock at 20p per share. finnCap…
Shares of Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc rose about 8% on Tuesday after it published an update on trading and on the renewal of its bank…
Shares of Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc rose about 10% on Tuesday after it published a trading update for the financial year ended April…
Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel has announced plans to sell its aerospace and special alloys steel business in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, as part of a restructuring deal as…
The private equity firm that owns Lancashire-based Hotter Shoes said on Friday the Skelmersdale firm will be floated on the junior AIM market of the…
Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory plc fell about 15% on Friday after it published an update on trading since the re-opening…
Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 8% on Thursday after it published an update on trading for its financial year ended…
Doncaster-based piping and ventilation systems firm Genuit Group plc — which recently changed its name from Polypipe Group — said on Thursday its CEO Martin Payne…
Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group fell about 7% on Thursday after it said its revenue fell 13% to…
Sheffield-based aquaculture biotech firm Benchmark Holdings said on Tuesday its revenue from continuing operations rose 6% to £59.5 million in the six months to March 31,…
Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group fell about 13% on Tuesday after it published a trading update ahead of its final results…
Assura plc, the Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), said on Tuesday its portfolio has increased 15% to £2.45 billion amid expectations that NHS demand…
Shares of Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick Plc rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published results for the 52 weeks ended March 27, 2021, showing…
Manchester-based 247 Money has announced the completion of the company’s first private securitisation with a facility of up to £305 million, with senior funding from NatWest and mezzanine funding from East Lodge Capital. “The facility will help support a strong pipeline of auto…
Shares of Newcastle-based accounting software giant Sage Group rose about 4% on Friday after the firm said it expects “organic recurring revenue growth for FY21 to…
Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Thursday its has a current business pipeline of £2.1 billon as it announced results for the six months ended…
Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket Group said it has agreed to combine its TravelSupermarket business (TSM) with Leeds-based Icelolly Marketing Limited (Icelolly.com) to enable “stronger…
Shares of Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group rose as much as 16% on Thursday after it announced it agreed to acquire the Intellectual Property Management…
Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said on Wednesday its revenue in the four months ended April 30, 2021, was up 46%…
Shares of Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc rose as much as 6% on Wednesday after it published results for the year to February 28 showing revenues fell about…
Flintshire-based house building giant Redrow plc announced it has agreed to appoint property industry veteran Richard Akers as its new non‐executive chair to succeed John Tutte. “Richard…
Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc rose about 14% on Tuesday after it published a stock exchange statement saying its bars which have…
Manchester-based household cleaning products firm McBride plc announced the signing of a €175 million multi-currency “Sustainability Linked Revolving Credit Facility.” The company is one of…
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons on Tuesday gave a strong hint of cash returns to shareholders as it announced it intends to “refresh” its long-term capital allocation plans…
Manchester-based online beauty and nutrition retailer The Hut Group (THG) announced a complex investment agreement with Japan’s SoftBank Group late on Monday. The Hut Group…
Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial plc (PFG) confirmed on Monday it will close its Consumer Credit Division (CCD) — a 141-year-old doorstep lending business. The…
Shares of Newcastle-based bakery and food retailer Greggs rose as much as 15% on Monday to record highs after it published a trading update saying…
Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced that Andy Rubin has stepped down from its board as a non-executive director and will be replaced…
Kitwave, the North Shields-based wholesaler, has announced plans for a stock market flotation at 150p per share that will value it at around £105 million. Kitwave said…
Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc announced that Simon Carr of Henry Boot Construction (HBC) and Giles Boot of Banner Plant (BP) will…
Shares of Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm Johnson Service Group (JSG) rose about 6% on Wednesday after it published a trading statement for its Annual General Meeting reporting an…
Macclesfield-based Redx Pharma plc, the drug development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announced it appointed Peter Collum as chief financial officer (CFO). Collum will…
Shares of Manchester-based household cleaning products firm McBride plc plunged 16% on Wednesday after it published a trading update warning that its full year profits are…
Shares of Sheffield-based building materials supplier SIG plc rose about 7% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the January 1 to April 30…
OakNorth Bank announced it has provided a £44.4 million loan to Manchester’s Bruntwood SciTech, the property business dedicated to development in the science and technology sector. SciTech…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave a strong hint on Wednesday it is likely to accept an offer from the new majority owners…
Shares of Snaith, East Yorkshire-based speciality chemicals giant Croda International rose about 4% on Wednesday after it announced a strategic review of its Performance Technologies and…
Manchester online fashion giant Boohoo said on Wednesday its revenue soared 41% to £1.745 billion and profit before tax rose 35% to 124.7 million in…
The latest data published by Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey shows that the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest…
Mortgage lending in the UK showed the biggest net increase on record in March 2021, and UK households saved another £16.2 billion into bank and…
Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial plc (PFG) said on Tuesday its review of its Consumer Credit Division (CCD) — a door-to-door lending business — is nearing…
Manchester-based Co-op Group has announced it will stop selling plastic “bags for life” because many shoppers use them only once and they have become almost as big…
Wetherby-based cash management software company Proactis Holdings said late on Friday it agreed to a £71.6 million cash takeover offer from investment firm Pollen Street Capital….
Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory plc rose about 8% on Friday after it published an update on its trading and…
Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm Marshalls plc has announced the appointment of Justin Lockwood to its board as chief financial officer. Lockwood succeeds…
Manchester-based tool and equipment rental firm HSS Hire Group plc said on Thursday its revenue fell 17.7% to £269.9 million in the year to December 26,…
Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc on Thursday published results for the six months ended January 31, 2021, with its CEO telling investors…