Co-op Bank pension completes buy-in

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank announced on Tuesday the completion of a “buy-in” transaction of the segregated section of the Co-operative Pension Scheme (Pace) sponsored by the…














Cumbria coal mine gets go ahead

The UK government on Wednesday approved its first new deep coal mine in decades — The Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria — to produce coking coal…


musicMagpie revenue slips to £144.8m

Shares of Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — fell about 12% on Wednesday after the firm…




Blackpool’s Victrex ups revenue to £341m

Blackpool-based polymer company Victrex said on Tuesday its profit before tax and exceptional items increased in its recent financial year as the company achieved “record”…


ilke Homes of North Yorkshire raises £100m

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire-based modular housebuilder ilke Homes said it raised £100 million from new and existing shareholders following successive years of triple-digit growth. It said the…




Leeds Building Society in board changes

Leeds Building Society said on Tuesday that Lynn McManus, non-executive director and chair of its remuneration committee, will leave the UK’s fifth-largest mutual in the…


Irn-Bru firm Barr buys Leeds-based Boost Drinks

A.G. Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru, Rubicon energy drinks and Funkin cocktail mixers, announced the acquisition of Leeds-based Boost Drinks, an established branded drinks business, for…



Sunderland’s ScS says CFO to leave

Sunderland-based furniture and floorings company ScS Group announced that Chris Muir will step down as chief financial officer. ScS said the process to identify a successor…








Carr’s of Carlisle hires chair designate

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced the appointment of Tim Jones as non-executive chair designate with effect from February 1, 2023.  Subject to election…







N Brown CFO Rachel Izzard to leave

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group announced that Rachel Izzard intends to step down as group chief financial officer.  “Rachel will…





JD Sports brings forward directors’ pay vote

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”…




ScS shares rise as it gains market share

Shares of Sunderland-based furniture and floorings retailer ScS Group rose as much as 11% after it said in an AGM trading statement it is “trading resiliently through…










Severfield first-half revenue up 20% to £235m

Severfield plc, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, said its revenue rose 20% to £234.9 million “reflecting increased activity and steel prices” and underlying profit…





Chesire’s Dechra could fall out of FTSE 100

Chesire-based international veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals is currently a contender to be relegated from the FTSE 100, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The FTSE All…



Northcoders raises £2.1m in share placing

Northcoders Group announced it raised around £2.1 million through a share placing, which will be used to fund four new technology training courses. Northcoders is…


Genedrive shares fall 20% as loss widens

Shares of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics company Genedrive fell about 20% on Monday after the firm reported a substantially widened pretax loss as revenue slumped due to a lack…



Bodycote 4-month revenue up 29% to £258m

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, issued a trading update covering the four months to October 31, 2022. Bodycote said total group revenue…