Manchester-based corporate rescue giant Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Thursday its latest research reveals that the number of UK businesses in “significant” financial distress has increased…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue practice Begbies Traynor Group plc rose 4% on Tuesday after it said its revenue for the year to April 30 rose…

Shares of Manchester-based Begbies Traynor Group plc, the business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, rose about 15% on Tuesday after it said it expects…

Manchester-based Begbies Traynor Group plc, the business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, said its revenue from continuing operations in the year ended April 30, 2018,…

By Mark McSherry Shares of Ladbible parent LBG Media plc fell as much as 5% on Wednesday morning after it said its 2022 profit before tax…

The stock market value of the listed companies in the North West of England soared £6.4 billion to a record high of £57.2 billion in…

North West of England listed businesses completed 17 cross-border transactions in the first quarter of 2019 – just one fewer than that seen in the…

Manchester-based online fashion firm Boohoo Group published a flurry of stock exchange statements late on Wednesday to report that its first-half revenue fell 15% to £619.8…

A new report from Manchester-based Co-op Group and cross-party think tank Demos has argued that the UK economy is missing out on £19 billion in…

Manchester United plc said its loss widened to £113 million in the year to June 30, 2024, from £28.7 million the previous year, partly because…

Newcastle-based building services group Northern Bear plc said its profit before income tax rose from £1.9 million to £2.1 million in the year ended March…

Global shipping and logistics giant MSC is to launch a new sea route linking Liverpool with Northern Europe and Asia.  Called ‘Britannia’, the loop provides…

Shares of Runcorn nano-material firm Nanoco Group plc rose almost 10% after it announced it will post a circular setting out the details of a proposed…

Manchester United PLC has lowered its fiscal 2024 revenue and adjusted EBITDA forecasts, citing an early exit from the Champions League and the related lower…

Manchester-headquartered sportswear brand Castore has secured £145 million of investment in a funding round led by US investment bank Raine Group. Bloomberg reported that the funding round…

Altrincham-based “corporate compounder” investment group CorpAcq announced a $1.58 billion deal with Wall Street dealmaker Michael Klein that will see the UK firm join the New York Stock…

Shares of Manchester-based FTSE 250 consumer products company PZ Cussons — the maker of Carex and Imperial Leather — fell about 5% on Tuesday after it…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc said it has reached agreement for the extension of its core banking facilities that were due to…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Tuesday it will pause its planned £2 billion UK investment in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)…

Shares of Manchester-based novel nanomaterials firm Nanoco Group plc fell more than 25% on Monday after the firm published a further update on its proposed litigation…

Sterling rallied on Thursday as Liz Truss said she would resign as UK prime minister after 44 days of chaos. The UK pound was up…

The British pound and UK government bonds rose on Monday after new finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan — reversing…

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc fell about 10% on Wednesday after it announced that chief financial officer Neil Greenhalgh intends to…

The UK central bank announced on Wednesday morning it will “carry out temporary purchases of long-dated UK government bonds from 28 September” to avoid “a material…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc, which recently overhauled its corporate governance structure, has announced a series of board committee appointments. JD Sports…

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….

Greater Manchester affordable housing firm Jigsaw Homes Group said it has secured a bond to help its ambitious plans to build thousands more new homes…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group soared as much as 40% on Wednesday after it published results for the…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank Finance has announced it will begin marketing £200 million of potential green bonds. “The Co-operative Bank Finance p.l.c. will today begin marketing a…

Manchester-based commercial property giant Bruntwood has reported a return to profit in its latest financial year as the total value of its assets rose to more…

Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc has announced the acquisition of Auroch Digital, a Bristol-based videogame developer and publisher with a focus on original…

Manchester online fashion giant Boohoo said on Tuesday it has acquired a £72 million new office in Soho in the heart of London’s West End for…

Manchester online fashion giant Boohoo said it has agreed a long-term lease for a new warehouse in Daventry which it said is expected to secure…

Wakefield-based video game developer Team17 Group said on Tuesday its revenue rose 34% to £83 million and profit before tax rose 36% to a record £26.2 million in the…

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…

Wakefield-based video game developer Team17 Group on Thursday published a trading update for the year ended December 31, 2020, saying it will deliver year on year revenue and…

Shares of Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc rose about 12% on Thursday after it published a trading update saying its its revenue and adjusted…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank said on Tuesday it has received an approach “regarding the possibility of a sale of the bank and/or the holding company.” Co-op…

Wigan-based sports and gym company DW Sports has gone into administration — putting 1,700 jobs at risk. BDO LLP has been appointed administrator of DW…

Shares of Wilmslow, Chesire-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group Plc fell about 7% on Tuesday as it rejected claims by Austin, Texas-based…

Manchester-based European debt management firm Arrow Global Group said on Thursday its 2019 profit before tax increased 28.3% to £51.3 million as it pivoted its…

Shares of Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group fell 33% on Thursday after it warned its “overall expectations for the full year have reduced…

Shares of Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc rose 5.5% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the 26 weeks ended December 28, 2019,…

The number of private equity deals in the North of England rose 17% in 2019 with 46 completed transactions compared with 39 in 2018. However,…

Shares of Wilmslow, Chesire-based pet and vet retailer Pets At Home rose about 14% on Tuesday after it said it expects to return to profit growth…

Premiership Rugby (PRL) said on Tuesday that English champions Saracens have been given a 35-point deduction and fined £5.36 million after they were found guilty…

Leeds-based project management consultancy WYG, whose board last month accepted a takeover offer from California-based engineering firm Tetra Tech, said on Tuesday its revenue edged…

Manchester-based Co-op Group said on Tuesday it raised £300 million via a sterling-denominated “Sustainability Bond.” The five-year bond was priced at 5.125% and was two times…

Investment in North of England tech companies has reached a 10-year high as investors worldwide target the region’s fast-growing digital sector, according to research by…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World said on Friday its revenue rose 8.2% in its third quarter, the three months to December 31, 2018. In a…

Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons said on Tuesday group like-for-like (LFL) sales excluding fuel were up 3.6% for the nine weeks to January 6, comprising contributions from…

Stockport-based beach holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc said on Wednesday its revenue increased 24.5% to £104.1 million in the year to September 30 while…

Manchester-based internet infrastructure firm Metronet (UK), backed by mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge, said it acquired London-based fibre network provider Venus Business Communications. The acquisition of Venus follows Metronet’s…

Tritax Big Box REIT, a real estate investment trust, said it exchanged contracts — conditional on receiving planning consent — to provide forward funding for two large distribution warehouses at Warth…

Billingham-based Able UK announced a major expansion of its vehicle storage and distribution operations on the Humber with the signing of a nine-year contract with…