Shares of SysGroup plc, the Liverpool-based IT services, cloud hosting and cyber security firm, rose about 13% after it published a strong trading update for the…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, operator of digital retailers Very and Littlewoods, announced that its revenue slipped 7.3% to £2.148 billion for the…

Shares of Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) fell about 20% after it published an update on its trading performance for the six months…

Regulator Ofwat announced that it has closed an enforcement case into Yorkshire Water after the company agreed “a structured plan to strengthen its financial resources…

Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) is to close after owner Peel Group said “no tangible proposals have been received regarding the ownership of the airport or…

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…

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….

Newcastle-based Greggs said its sales rose 27.1% to £694.5 million in first half of 2022 but profit was flat at £55.8 million primarily reflecting “re-introduction…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc announced the acquisition of Axiom Consulting & Investments Limited and Ellayaan Limited and their subsidiary undertakings, which together trade…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc said its revenue in the year to April 30, 2022, increased 31% to £110 million, 7% of which was…

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…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) announced on Friday it has completed a £590 million refinancing of its revolving credit and liquidity facilities. MAG operates Manchester, London…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 9% on Thursday after the firm published an update on trading for its financial year…

Newcastle-based Greggs published a trading update on Monday saying its total sales in the 19 weeks to May 14, 2022, rose 31% to £495 million….

By Mark McSherry The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Tuesday it has commenced an investigation into Deloitte’s auditing of Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, announced it entered into a conditional agreement to acquire pitched roof system manufacturer Marley Group plc…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) announced that it has acquired Cloudcheck, a leading provider of electronic identity verification (IDV) and anti-money laundering (AML)…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally opened an investigation into whether the £7 billion cash purchase of Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons by US…

Shares of Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group rose about 3% on Tuesday after it announced a review of its strategic options across all…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group fell almost 20% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for its current financial year…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group said on Tuesday that its retail sales grew 21.9% for the seven weeks to December…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Tuesday its revenue increased 39% to £52.3 million in the half year ended October 31, 2021, and…

Leeds-based PureGym Group announced that investment firm KKR will make a £300 million equity investment in PureGym to support its global expansion plans. “KKR will become…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said on Thursday it conditionally agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based Acuant, a US identity verification and identity fraud prevention…

Salford-based fashion firm In The Style on Friday announced big changes to its leadership team with Sam Perkins hired from The Very Group as the company’s…

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…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it has opened an investigation into the £7 billion cash purchase of Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons by…

By Mark McSherry Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, has announced that its subsidiary StoryToys has collaborated with Lego Group and Marvel…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services group The Very Group reported on Tuesday that its revenue rose 13% to a record £2.317 billion in the…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda and EG Group have terminated a deal that would have seen EG buy Asda’s petrol forecourts for £750 million, the two…

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…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 9% on Thursday after it published an AGM trading statement saying it achieved double…

By Mark McSherry Liverpool-based online retail and financial services group The Very Group, owned by the billionaire Barclay family, said on Tuesday it refinanced and extended…

The consortium led by Fortress Investment Group has raised its agreed bid for Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons by £400 million to £6.7 billion — with its…

Northcoders Group plc, the Leeds and Manchester-based provider of training programmes for software coding, has announced its proposed admission to trading on AIM. The firm’s stock market…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Tuesday its revenue in the year to April 30 increased 19% to £83.8 million, 6% of…

Leeds-based PureGym Group has announced it “is in the early stages of considering options for potentially raising equity, including potentially in the public markets.” In…

Manchester-based online beauty and nutrition retail giant The Hut Group (THG) on Friday announced changes to the structure and composition of its board committees — including…

Shares of Barrow-in-Furness international marine engineering company James Fisher and Sons plc fell as much as 5% on Tuesday as it published a trading update…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not refer the £6.8 billion takeover of Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda for an in-depth investigation after accepting…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Manchester-based online beauty and nutrition retailer The Hut Group (THG) said it has conditionally agreed to acquire Brighter Foods Limited, a specialist developer and manufacturer of…

Manchester-based online beauty and nutrition retailer The Hut Group (THG) said on Thursday its revenue jumped 42% to £1.6 billion in the year to December…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc soared about 10% on Friday after it announced raised £22 million through an equity fundraising. On Thursday, Begbies…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc has announced the acquisition of David Rubin & Partners, a long-established insolvency practice with offices in London and…

Esken Limited, the aviation and energy infrastructure group formerly known as Stobart Group, announced that Warwick Brady has tendered his resignation as chief executive and has…

Blackburn-based billionaires the Issa brothers and TDR Capital will offload Asda’s petrol stations to the Issa brothers’ EG Group for £750 million when their purchase…

Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc said on Monday it acquired PixelAnt Games of Wroclaw to create “an immediate presence for the group and…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group has named industry veteran Stuart Rose as non-executive chairman to improve its governance, raising expectations of a stock…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 7% on Monday after it announced it completed the £20.8m acquisition of CVR Global…

UPDATE 3 — Manchester-based beauty and nutrition giant The Hut Group (THG) said some of its shareholders sold a total of 32.89 million shares in the…

Manchester-based beauty and nutrition giant The Hut Group (THG) said on Tuesday it now expects full-year 2021 revenue growth to be between 30% and 35% ahead of…

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited said it has agreed a £385 million “buy-in” transaction with the Northern Gas Networks Pension Scheme “securing the pension…

Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited (MAGIL) on Wednesday published its financial statements for the half year ended September 30, 2020, showing its revenue fell 81.1%…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings announced what it called “a set of record results” on Tuesday for the year ended September 30, 2020, showing revenue…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Tuesday its revenue in the half year ended October 31, 2020, rose 11% to £37.5 million. …

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said on Thursday it expects its annual earnings to be ahead of analysts’ estimates — as it became the latest…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank said on Friday it successfully closed the issue of its £200 million fixed rate reset callable notes due November 27, 2025. “The…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue giant Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 7% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the six months ended…

Manchester-based consumer brand and e-commerce giant The Hut Group (THG) has announced a series of new client wins with BWX Ltd, Lulu Guinness and Orlebar Brown. The…

Shares of Carlisle-based aviation and energy infrastructure firm Stobart Group rose about 7% on Wednesday after it published results for the six months ended August 31,…

Carlisle-based aviation and energy infrastructure firm Stobart Group on Monday announced the appointment of David Blackwood as senior independent director (SID) with effect from November 1,…

Manchester-based corporate rescue giant Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Thursday its latest Red Flag Alert research for the third quarter of 2020 recorded 557,000 UK…

Moody’s Investors Service said on Wednesday it downgraded the corporate family rating (CFR) of Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group to B3 from B2 and…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer brand and e-commerce giant The Hut Group (THG) rose as much as 10% on Monday after it lifted its full-year revenue guidance in…

Manchester-based consumer brand and e-commerce giant The Hut Group (THG) said on Thursday it will create a further 500 permanent jobs in the next three months across…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services giant The Very Group said on Thursday its revenue exceeded £2 billion for the first time in the year…