Northern Financial Review

Redrow plc, the Flintshire-based house building giant, announced on Thursday that it will commence a share buyback programme for up to £100 million. Redrow shares…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Wednesday it has started investigating if Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons’ acquisition of certain assets of convenience store…

The board of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) announced it has begun a review of strategic options for the airport. Airport owner Peel Group said aviation…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc said on Wednesday its revenue rose 18.1% to £195.2 million in the year to March 31, 2022,…

Renewable energy company Drax said it has submitted plans to build what it called “the world’s largest carbon capture facility” at its North Yorkshire power…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said on Tuesday its revenue for the half year ended June 30, 2022, was £348 million,…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its renewable energy business to SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc (SEEIT) for £100…

Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell announced that former Avellemy Investment Management executive Alena Kosava has joined the business as head of investment research, with Ryan…

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,…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) – which owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports – announced it made a loss of £320 million…

Shares of Leeds-based Jet2 fell about 13% on Thursday after it reported that its pretax loss widened to £388.8 million in the year to March 31,…

Shares of York-based house building giant Persimmon plc fell as much as 5% on Thursday after it published a trading update showing its revenue fell 8%…

Shares of Liverpool-based high performance car brake disk manufacturer Surface Transforms plc soared as much as 10% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the…

Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc announced it has received a milestone payment of €3 million from Sanofi under the IL-17A Inhibitor programme…

Assura plc, the Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), said on Wednesday its portfolio currently stands at 662 properties with annualised rent roll of…

Shares of embattled Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell another 9% on Wednesday after it said it plans to raise £40 million through a…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail S.A. announced that Mike Schmidt of DFS Furniture plc is to be appointed as an executive director and chief financial officer…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group said on Tuesday it has appointed Lionel Desclée, former president and CEO of Walmart Japan, as…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc fell another 12% on Monday as the firm confirmed news reports that one of the third-party credit…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 firm, said it has completed the £667 million divestment of the majority of its performance technologies and industrial…

North East England has topped the list of UK regions for new job creation from inward investment successes, according to annual statistics by the the Department…

Leeds-based private equity firm Endless LLP has raised its third SME fund, Enact III, securing £100 million to invest in opportunities in the UK lower mid-market….

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons announced on Wednesday its like-for-like sales fell 6.4% in its second quarter but improved towards the end of the period. Nonetheless, revenue…

Shares of Wetherby-based clinical stage oncology drug company Avacta Group plc rose 11% on Wednesday after it announced that the first-in-human Phase I trial of…

Shares of Manchester-based household products firm McBride plc rose as much as 10% after it announced that its banking group has waived June 2022 covenant tests…

Shares of Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc rose as much as 4% on Wednesday after it said in a trading update it expects annual profit…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said its first quarter group revenue declined 2.2% to £1.161 billion on a constant currency basis “but with an improving trend during…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, announced that the United States government has agreed to provide up to $75 million…

THG plc, the Manchester e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant, announced that its chair Charles Allen bought 1.15 million ordinary shares in the firm at a price…

Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group announced that a new agreement has been reached between the Norwegian Railway Directorate and Go-Ahead Norway A/S,…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer products company PZ Cussons rose about 3% on Monday after it issued a trading update for the year ended May 31, 2022,…

Skipton Building Society announced that Stuart Haire, currently CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC UK, will become Skipton’s new group chief executive at the…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo announced the appointment of Shaun McCabe as chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding Neil Catto, who will transition to a role…

New research has revealed that Liverpool city region’s powerhouse maritime sector is worth £5 billion a year — 20% higher than recent estimates — and supports…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has agreed to acquire its third build-to-rent investment in Bristol for £128 million. Grainger said it has exchanged conditional…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said on Wednesday that constrained supply of new vehicles in the UK has continued due to dislocation in global supply chains —…

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 its revenue increased 38.8%…

York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music said its revenue fell 6% to £147.6 million in the year to March 31, 2022, when measured against an “exceptional…

Shares of Kendall-based paper products and advanced materials firm James Cropper plc rose about 9% on Monday after it said its revenue rose 33% to £104.9…

Leeds-based healthcare software and systems firm EMIS Group has agreed to be bought by Optum Health Solutions (UK) Limited, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, in an all-cash deal that…

Increasing the UK state pension age from 65 to 66 between 2018 and 2020 caused income poverty among 65-year-olds to more than double, according to…

Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com Group’s chief financial officer (CFO) Scilla Grimble is to leave the firm to become CFO at Deliveroo. Deliveroo said Grimble is…

Many shareholders of Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo voted against the firm’s directors remuneration report and a new long term incentive plan at the AGM…

Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society announced on Friday that Alasdair Lenman has been appointed as interim chief executive officer with immediate effect and that Robert Purdy has…

Shares of Barrow-in-Furness international marine engineering company James Fisher and Sons plc rose about 8% on Friday after the firm announced that former Smiths Group, Expro and…

Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — has announced significant growth in its subscription base with active paying…

Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, has published a trading update for the year ended May…

Chester-based digital identity verification company GB Group (GBG) said its profit before tax fell 36.8% to £21.7 million in the year to March 31, 2022, as…

Salford-based AJ Bell has announced that Michael Summersgill will succeed Andy Bell as chief executive officer on October 1, 2022, subject to regulatory approval. Andy…

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group on Thursday published an update on trading for the 13 weeks ended May 28, 2022, showing…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo fell as much as 15% on Thursday after it published a trading statement for the three months to May…

Shares of Manchester-based THG fell about 20% on Thursday after two potential bidders for the e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant walked away and THG said it had rejected…

Shares of Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma rose about 5% on Wednesday after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the investigational new drug (IND)…

Shares of Severfield plc, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, rose about 5% on Wednesday after it said its revenue for the year to March…

Shares of Newcastle-headquartered bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group rose another 17% on Tuesday to around £15.88 after Australia-based transport firm Kelsian Group urged Go-Ahead shareholders to…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published a trading and property-related investment update for its financial year…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said on Tuesday its order book rose 27.3% to £2.404 billion, comprising 8,152 homes, during the period from February 1 to June…

Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group agreed late on Monday to be bought by a consortium of Australia’s Kinetic Holding Co and Spain-based…

Supreme plc, the Manchester fast-moving consumer products wholesaler, announced the acquisition of Liberty Flights Holdings Limited, a UK vaping manufacturer, for up to £14.75 million. Liberty…

Infrastructure and private equity manager Foresight Group Holdings Limited said on Monday it has reached first close totalling £58 million across two new UK regional…