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 Elland-based industrial engineering company The 600 Group plc rose about 15% on Tuesday as it published a trading update “in respect of current…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group, owned by the billionaire Issa brothers, announced it has acquired the British fresh fast food restaurant chain Leon Restaurants Limited…

Shares of Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc rose about 6% on Wednesday after it issued a trading update covering the year ended March…

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…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Monday it has unveiled a £745 million plan “to support a green economic recovery, helping to create and…

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…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group fell 14% on Friday after it published a trading update that showed the pace of…

Shares of Sheffield-based building materials supplier SIG plc rose about 9% on Monday after it published a trading update for the year ended December 31, 2020,…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group announced it has agreed to acquire a network of 285 petrol station forecourts in Southern Germany from OMV Deutschland…

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 e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant The Hut Group (THG) on Monday raised its annual revenue forecast for the second time since its September IPO. Full-year 2020…

Shares of Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, edged 2% higher on Wednesday after it said its full year results are expected…

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 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 Airports Group (MAG) said late on Tuesday that chief financial officer Neil Thompson has decided to leave the group. MAG operates Manchester, London Stansted…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) warned on Wednesday that almost 900 jobs at its three airports are at risk as it blamed “an absence of support…

Carlisle-based aviation and energy infrastructure firm Stobart Group said on Thursday it continues “to evaluate opportunities to dispose of remaining non-core assets” and reported that its London…

Shares of Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group rose 7% on Thursday after it announced that former Wood Group executive Hugh Pelham will succeed Tim…

Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture fell 5% on Thursday after it published results for the 52 weeks ended June 28, 2020, showing revenue fell about 27%…

Shares of Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems firm Polypipe Group rose about 5% on Tuesday after it published results for the six months ended June…

Shares of Leeds-based Dart Group, owner of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, rose about 3% on Thursday after it published a positive AGM trading statement and said it…

Manchester-based consumer brand and e-commerce giant The Hut Group (THG) said on Thursday it is planning an initial public offering on the main market of the London Stock Exchange…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) said on Friday it will make proceeds in excess of £340 million in the sale of “non-core” properties to Columbia Threadneedle…

Salford-based broadband giant TalkTalk Telecom Group said on Tuesday its first-quarter headline revenue slipped 7.5% to £358 million “primarily due to COVID-19 impact” but that June…

Shares of Ashton-under-Lyne-based healthcare and industrial firm Scapa Group fell about 14% on Tuesday after it said its revenue increased 2.8% to £320.6 million in…

York-based Animalcare Group plc, the international animal health business, said on Thursday its revenue slipped 1.9% to £71.1 million in the year ended December 31,…

Manchester-based global  consumer brand and technology firm The Hut Group (THG) said on Thursday it will launch its own cargo airline called THG Air via…

Leeds-based Dart Group, owner of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said on Friday it expects an exceptional charge of £109 million due to its operations “currently being suspended…

Manchester-based online beauty and wellness firm The Hut Group (THG) said on Friday its technology services division THG Ingenuity signed a major contract with Nestlé Health…

Shares of Manchester car dealership Lookers plc rose 4% on Wednesday after it announced the promotions of CFO Mark Raban to chief executive officer and…

Manchester-based branded merchandise firm The Pebble Group has announced its intention to go public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in early…

Transport giant FirstGroup plc said on Wednesday its First Trenitalia partnership has been awarded the contract to operate the lucrative train services on the West Coast…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said on Wednesday its revenues increased 19.9% to £143.5 million in the year to March 31 and profit…

Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group on Friday announced huge expansion plans in Australia by agreeing to buy Woolworths Group’s 540 site network (Woolworths Petrol)…

Manchester-based online beauty firm The Hut Group (THG) said on Monday it agreed a deal to develop 1 million square feet of office and studio space near…

Manchester-based online beauty firm The Hut Group (THG) said on Monday it acquired beauty contract manufacturer and product developer Acheson & Acheson in a deal understood to be…

The battle for control of the board at Carlisle-based aviation, energy and transport firm Stobart Group continues to rage on despite former CEO Andrew Tinkler failing narrowly…

Shares of embattled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial rose about 8% on Wednesday after it said in a trading statement its recovery plan is on track and that…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank said on Wednesday it made a loss before tax of £174.4 million in 2017 compared to a loss before tax of £477.1…

Shares of troubled Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial rose about 70% on Tuesday after it announced a £331 million rights issue — a sale of shares —…

Blackburn-based EG Group announced a major petrol forecourt convenience retail expansion in the United States by agreeing to buy a 762-site network from The Kroger Co….

Manchester-based specialist fit fashion retailer N Brown Group — whose brands include JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo — said its chairman Andrew Higginson intends to step down…

Sheffield-based construction group Henry Boot plc said in an update for its AGM that its property trading and development activity levels since the beginning of 2017…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group said it conditionally agreed to acquire address validation firm PCA Predict for a total of £73.85 million. “The £73,852,423 total consideration…

Aberdeen-based oil and gas services company Wood Group said it agreed to buy rival firm Amec Foster Wheeler for about £2.2 billion in an all-share “transformational” deal….

The Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities — which includes Manchester, Newcastle, Durham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, York and Leeds — is looking for a new director…

Manchester-based fashion retailer Boohoo said it has rebranded as Debenhams Group — and that Phil Ellis will become group CFO and a member of the board,…

New York-based Kyndryl — the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider — has confirmed the launch of a new technology hub in Liverpool that will “support…

Shares of Leeds-based transport technology provider Tracsis plc rose as much as 20% after it announced it signed a multi-year contract with Rail Settlement Plan, a…

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group announced that Dominic Appleton, formerly of The Very Group, will join the group as chief financial…

Wilmslow-based fashion firm Sosandar plc announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell a curated collection of its products through J Sainsbury. Sosandar is…

Wilmslow-based fashion firm Sosandar plc has reported revenue of £11.6 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2022, up 30% year-on-year and a new record…

Sosandar plc, the Wilmslow-based fashion firm run by former magazine publishers Alison Hall and Julie Lavington, said its revenue increased 72% to £21 million in…

New research from Manchester-based venture capital firm Praetura Ventures argues that the UK economy is losing out on a potential £92 billion to GDP due…

Shares of Salford-based fashion firm In The Style fell as much as 10% on Wednesday after it warned that “industry-wide global supply chain disruption and…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics jumped about 9% on Monday after it said its revenue rose 8.8% to £500.7 million in the year…

Chester-based MONY Group plc, which runs price comparison and consumer tip websites MoneySuperMarket and MoneySavingExpert, reported record revenue for the six months to June 30,…

SIG plc, Sheffield-based supplier of specialist insulation and building products across Europe, issued a trading update for the first half of 2026, reporting that ‘no…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc published a trading update for the 52 week year ending June 28, 2026, saying that “following signs of some market recovery…

Shares of Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail plc fell as much as 5% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for the first quarter…

Sheffield-based Henry Boot said that HBD, the group’s property investment and development arm, has secured forward funding for the first phase of Golden Valley, Cheltenham….

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson published a trading update for the year ended June 30, 2026, showing its Gleeson Homes business completed the sale…

Shares of BTG Consulting plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and real estate firm, fell as much as 7% after it published results for…

Manchester-based cleaning products firm McBride plc said its Unit Dosing division has completed the acquisition of the France-based Eurotab Group by acquiring the entire issued…

James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging firm, announced the completion of a refinancing of its debt facilities and a change…

Newcastle-based Greggs said its chief financial officer (CFO) Richard Hutton has informed the board of his intention to retire from the role and step down…

New York private equity firm Warburg Pincus said it agreed to acquire Worsley, Greater Manchester-based Network Plus, one of the UK’s leading utility and infrastructure…

Minnesota-based adhesives group H.B. Fuller Company said on Thursday it has made a recommended cash offer to acquire Winsford, Cheshire-based tissue healing technologies firm Advanced Medical…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail plc said on Wednesday it has appointed Asda executive Atheeq Akbar as its chief financial officer, with effect from February…