DWF, Manchester law giant, ups H1 revenue 17%
Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc said its profit increased in the first half of its financial year, with revenue growth in both Legal…
Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc said its profit increased in the first half of its financial year, with revenue growth in both Legal…
Salford-based fashion firm In The Style announced it will conduct a strategic review of the group’s business as a whole and has appointed investment bank Lincoln…
Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc on Thursday said its pretax profit increased in the first half of its financial year, helped by increased sales from…
Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc on Thursday announced it has acquired Cornwall-based Helston Garages Group Ltd – a predominantly premium manufacturer automotive retail group. The deal adds Volvo and…
Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) announced that founder and CEO Simon Cooper will step down from his role within the next 12…
The UK government on Wednesday approved its first new deep coal mine in decades — The Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria — to produce coking coal…
Shares of Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — fell about 12% on Wednesday after the firm…
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…
Doncaster-based Clean Power Hydrogen plc (CPH2) has announced changes to its executive team. CPH2, a green hydrogen technology and manufacturing company that has developed the…
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”…
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-based supermarket giant Asda announced a plan to create 10,000 new convenience store jobs over the next four years as it accelerates the rollout of…
Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group said on Tuesday it reported full year results “ahead of expectations, with H2 revenue growth as the group…
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…
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…
Salboy, the property development and funding company, has acquired the 52,700 sq ft former site of the Boddingtons Brewery on the northern edge of central…
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…
Leeds-based Jet2 said on Thursday said that executive chairman Phillip Meeson sold about £19.9 million worth of shares on Wednesday and Thursday this week, but “does…
ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, announced the resignation of Graham Cooley as CEO with immediate effect. “The company and Graham are in…
Ford announced it has invested a further £125 million in its Halewood Plant on Merseyside, increasing capacity by 70%. Ford said the move builds on…
Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell said on Thursday its revenue rose 12% to £163.8 million and profit before tax was up 6% to £58.4 million in…
Benchmark Holdings, the Sheffield-based aquaculture genetics, health and nutrition company, on Wednesday announced that its loss for the year ended September 30 more than doubled to…
Essar Oil UK Limited has announced a plan to build a £360 million new carbon capture plant at its Stanlow refinery near the River Mersey…
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…
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…
Shares of Bradford-based window and door company Safestyle UK fell about 13% on Tuesday after it published a trading update saying it expects that the group’s…
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,…
Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Tuesday it is confident of delivering a full-year outcome in line with expectations as it hired a new…
Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said on Tuesday it swung to a loss despite increasing its reported revenue, while its start to the second…
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…
Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings announced its revenue rose 7.3% to £849 million in the year ended September 30, 2022, and profit before…
Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group said on Monday it has doubled its stake in Revolution Beauty Group to 26% from 13%, as Revolution promoted…
Shares of Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc rose as much as 37% on Monday after it announced it signed an exclusive worldwide licensing…
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”…
Leeds-based Jet2 said its executive chairman Philip Meeson sold two million shares at about £9.03 each, totalling £18.1 million. In addition, The Philip Meeson 2019 Settlement, sold…
Durham-based Atom bank, the UK’s first app based bank, said it agreed terms with existing investors BBVA, Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners to add a further…
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…
Newcastle-based building services firm Northern Bear plc on Friday reported a virtually flat interim profit but a strong rise in revenue on on the back of…
Surface Transforms plc said on Thursday that while a new contract with a US automotive company it called OEM 10 is a considerable strategic win,…
Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons said it appointed former J Sainsbury chair David Tyler as a non-executive director at the conclusion of its AGM on Thursday….
Leeds-based Jet2 plc said on Thursday it is presently on track “to exceed current average market expectations for group profit before FX revaluation and taxation for the…
Warrington-based water giant United Utilities on Wednesday reported strong profit growth in the six months to September 30, on the back of a swing to a…
Wilmslow-based Pets at Home Group said the pandemic boom in pet ownership is showing no sign of reversing, but higher freight and energy costs took a…
The UK central bank, the Bank of England, has “delayed” plans to move hundreds of staff from London to Leeds, as the economic turmoil slows the…
Manchester United plc has announced that the company’s board of directors “is commencing a process to explore strategic alternatives for the club.” As part of…
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…
Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 16% on Tuesday after it said the six months to September 2022 represented “solid progress…
Assura plc, the Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), on Tuesday reported a higher first-half net rental income, but profit fell on a property…
Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick said it continued to make commercial and strategic progress in line with expectations, as revenue grew over the first half…
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…
Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group said on Tuesday there will be a delay to the publication of its final results as trading remained…
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…
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…
Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group rose about 10% on Monday after it published a strong trading update ahead of its…
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…
Shares of MJ Gleeson plc, the Sheffield-based affordable house builder, fell about 7% as it warned of rising cancellations due to a “slowdown” in demand. In an AGM…
Manchester-based Begbies Traynor Group plc said it expects revenue to increase 12% to £58.5 million for the six months ended October 31, 2022. In a…
UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Thursday announced a number of tax increases and proposed tighter public spending in his £55 billion Autumn budget plan….
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), a UK government agency, has forecast that living standards in the UK will fall 7% over two years, wiping out eight…
Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Thursday its profit surged in its recent financial year as “record” rental income growth was driven by…
Manchester-based household products firm McBride plc narrowly escaped a revolt by some shareholders over “directors’ authority to allot shares” at its AGM on Wednesday. McBride said…
Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc posted revenue of £116.3 million for the six months to September 30, up 22% from £95.3…
Shares of Sage Group, the Newcastle-based accounting software giant for SMEs, rose about 7% after it reported strong annual revenue growth, though the FTSE 100 firm saw…
Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory increased its annual profit guidance on a better-than-expected second half so far, helping to send its shares…
Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, reported that its profit fell in the first half of the year amid inflationary pressures on…
Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc said in a trading update it expects its half-year revenue to increase, after five acquisitions were completed between September 2021…
York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music said it swung to a loss in the first half of its financial year, amid inflationary pressure on costs…
Leeds-based Isara, a new specialist investor in the food sector, announced the launch of its debut £300 million fund aimed at “improving the efficiency, quality…
Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons said it has agreed a new £325 million committed credit facility, provided by a syndicate of lenders. The new credit facility…
Redrow plc, the Flintshire-based house building giant, reported a 1.7% rise in homes turnover to £650 million for the first 18 weeks of the new financial…