Shares of Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International fell 10% on Wednesday after it said in a stock exchange statement that Grant Thornton is to quit…

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…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc confirmed on Tuesday it has sold the freehold to its logistics HQ at Shirebrook near Mansfield to Malaysia’s Employees…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc said late on Friday it is in advanced negotiations to sell its HQ buildings at Shirebrook near Mansfield for…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc said on Monday it will offer to buy Hyde, Greater Manchester-based Findel plc in a deal that values the online…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International announced on Friday it acquired House of Fraser from administrators for £90 million in cash. Sports Direct International said in a stock exchange…

Shares of Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International fell about 7% after it said its reported profit before tax fell 72.5% to £77.5 million despite revenue rising 3.5% to £3.36…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International has called a general meeting for shareholders to vote on whether Ashley’s brother John should be paid £11 million by…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International said its reported profit before tax fell 22.2% to £281.6 million in the year ended April 30, 2017, but the firm’s shares…

Sports Direct International said it agreed sell its rights to the Dunlop brand and related wholesale and licensing businesses to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) for $137.5 million in…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced that Angela Luger and Darren Shapland will be appointed as non-executive directors with effect from June 1,…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced it has brought forward a revised directors’ remuneration policy to a shareholder vote “at the earliest opportunity”…

Bury-based retail giant JD Sports Fashion Plc has stopped Kath Smith, one of its non-executive directors, from taking up a similar role with Manchester fashion…

Shares of JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, rose as much as 16% after it published a trading update for the 53…

JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, has announced the signing of its first ever franchise agreement. The deal is with GMG, a…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced that Dominic Platt has been appointed as its chief financial officer (CFO) and as a member of the…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has imposed fines totalling over £2 million on Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc,…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced it has reached agreement with former executive chairman Peter Cowgill “with respect to his departure from the…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced on Tuesday that French businessman Régis Schultz has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer….

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced on Friday it hired former Morrisons chair Andy Higginson as chair of JD Sports, effective July 11,…

By Mark McSherry Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc on Wednesday outlined much-anticipated plans to overhaul its corporate governance structure as it announced that…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it has provisionally found that Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc as well…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced on Wednesday that executive chairman Peter Cowgill will step down from his role with immediate effect…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Friday that Kath Smith has been appointed as its senior independent director and chair of the…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc issued a stock exchange statement on Monday refuting any “corporate governance breaches” after newspaper reports of a…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday it has instructed Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc to sell Rochdale-based Footasylum…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced it hired former Nike executive Bert Hoyt as a non-executive director and that it is making “substantial progress”…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday that Bury-based retail giant JD Sports Fashion Plc may still have to sell Footasylum to address…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc has bowed to shareholder criticism of its corporate governance by announcing in an AGM statement it will…

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…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Thursday it sold 58.4 million new shares in the firm to raise £464.2 million. Late…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said late on Wednesday it intends to sell new shares in the firm “in order to invest…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Friday it will carry out a wide ranging review of its remuneration practices following shareholder opposition…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Friday it was “particularly disappointed” at the level of shareholder opposition to its executive remuneration…

Bury-based retail giant JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Monday that director of its Go Outdoors subsidiary have lodged in court a Notice of Intention…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday the proposed merger of Bury-based JD Sports Fashion and Rochdale-based Footasylum raises competition concerns. The CMA said…

Bury-based JD Sports Fashion Plc said late on Wednesday it will review its corporate governance and remuneration policies after shareholders sent a strong message with…

Bury-based JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Monday it agreed to acquire Rochdale-based Footasylum Plc in a deal valued at up to £90.1 million. That…

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…

Supreme plc, the Manchester fast-moving consumer products supplier, on Tuesday touted optimism for its outlook as vaping products boosted its revenue but profit fell in the…

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…

Manchester-based fast-moving consumer products wholesaler Supreme plc said on Tuesday its revenue increased 9% to £61.1 million in the six months to September 30 as it…

Shares of Manchester-based fast-moving consumer products wholesaler Supreme plc, which went public in February, rose as much as 8% on Monday after it published a positive…

Shirebrook-based Frasers Group plc, formerly called Sports Direct, said on Wednesday it would recommend a bonus scheme for incoming chief executive Michael Murray worth up…

Shirebrook-based Frasers Group plc, formerly called Sports Direct, said on Thursday its maverick CEO Mike Ashley plans to step down on May 1 next year…

Manchester-based vaping and battery supplier Supreme has announced plans to float on the stock market next week in a listing which values the firm at…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics jumped about 9% on Monday after it said its revenue rose 8.8% to £500.7 million in the year…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics plc rose 3% on Friday after it said its revenue increased 15% to £460.2 million in the…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based online retail and education business Findel rose 5% on Wednesday after it said its revenue rose 5.7% to £506.8 million and profit…

Lenders in Debenhams took control of the struggling retailer on Tuesday after it went into administration, wiping out shareholders including billionaire Mike Ashley who failed…

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley on Monday offered to underwrite a £150 million rights issue by Debenhams in exchange for the CEO role and a…

Hyde, Greater Manchester-based online retail and education business Findel said on Monday it received a letter of support from its second-largest shareholder Schroders Investment Management…

Sports Direct said late on Thursday it has requisitioned a general meeting of Debenhams plc to appoint its CEO Mike Ashley to an executive role…

Shareholders of Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International have voted 70.73% against paying Ashley’s brother John £11 million in back payments. Sports Direct had called a general meeting…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold announced that it has renewed its partnership with British Cycling for a further three years. The deal…

The Consello Group, a global advisory and investing firm, has announced the appointment of real estate developer and entrepreneur Gary Neville — the former Manchester United…

Shares of Supreme plc, the Manchester vaping and fast-moving consumer products firm, rose as much as 10% after it published an “excellent” trading update for…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc fell as much as 20% after it announced results for the half-year ended June 30, 2023, showing revenue…

Asset Match, alongside Blankstone Sington and Albert E Sharp, have launched a new trading facility for Everton Football Club’s ordinary shares. “A new quarterly auction will offer total transparency…

Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) said THG executive Jon Wormald will join the firm on June 30 as group chief financial officer…

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos has officially joined the race to buy the English football club, Bloomberg reported. “I can confirm that we have…

The UK pound hit a new 37-year low against the US dollar and UK government bonds sold off sharply on Friday as markets prepared for…

Lancashire Cricket announced that Navin Singh — the commercial director for The Football Association (The FA) — has been “co-opted” as a non-executive board member…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc said its land promotion business Hallam Land Management (HLM) has completed the sale of 760 plots…

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…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said on Tuesday that total FTSE 100 company dividend payments — excluding special dividends — are expected to grow by…

Liverpool Football Club said its plans for the proposed redevelopment of the Anfield Road Stand have been given the green light by Liverpool City Council’s…

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…

Liverpool Football Club has filed its consolidated financial accounts for the year to May 31, 2020, showing a loss before tax of £46 million as…

ALK Capital, the US investment firm specialising in the sports and media sectors, said it has “completed its investment” in Burnley FC. The deal, approved…