Northern Financial Review

Leyland, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group plc published an update on trading for the first 21 weeks of FY25 for its Annual General Meeting on…

Shares of Manchester-based holiday firm On the Beach Group rose about 3% after it published a year-to-date trading update (FY25) for its Annual General Meeting on…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 specialty chemicals giant, said its 2024 group sales slipped 3.9% to £1.628 billion and profit before tax…

The Manchester-based Co-operative Group (Co-op) announce the appointments of digital growth expert Wais Shaifta and political and equalities activist Simon Woolley as independent non-executive directors. The…

Manchester United plc announced that it will “transform” its corporate structure as part of a series of additional measures “to improve the club’s financial sustainability…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail announced that Alex Russo has advised the board of his intention to retire as group chief executive and a director…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc announced the appointment of Tony Buffin as an independent non-executive director of the company. Buffin will also be appointed as a member of…

A massive UK government office complex for 7,000 civil service roles has been given planning consent to be built in Manchester. Manchester Digital Campus will be…

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has completed a diplomatic visit to Dublin and Belfast, setting the stage for a new era of economic collaboration…

Manchester-based commercial property investor and developer Bruntwood Group has published annual accounts for the period ending September 30, 2024 — its first set of results following a…

Together Financial Services Limited, the Cheadle, Cheshire-based non-bank relationship lender, announced its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, showing group net loan book increased to…

Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global software business, announced it is taking action to bridge the educational gap in Sunderland and South Tyneside with…

Manchester United plc said its total revenues declined 12% to £198.7 million in its 2025 fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2024. The company said the…

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…

Shares of Leeds-based Jet2 plc fell as much as 10% after it published a trading update saying it expects an increase in profit for the…

The total value of all private housing in the North of England — as defined by the North West, North East and Yorkshire & The Humber…

The £28 billion Leeds-based National Wealth Fund (NWF) said John Flint is to step down as its CEO in the summer “after successfully seeing the organisation…

Newcastle Building Society announced that after six years in the role of chief financial officer (CFO), David Samper has announced that he will be leaving…

Shares of Chester-based MONY Group plc, which runs the price comparison and consumer tip websites MoneySuperMarket and MoneySavingGroup, rose as much as 7% after it…

(Updates with Assura response on Tuesday) Investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) said on Monday that Assura plc, the Altrincham-based healthcare real estate…

Assura plc, the Altrincham-based healthcare real estate investment trust, said late on Friday it has received a preliminary, unsolicited takeover approach from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and…

State-owned Sheffield Forgemasters said it has been granted planning permission to build a landmark 30,000 m2 machining facility on brownfield land in the city’s Meadowhall…

Hedgehog Lab, the Newcastle digital product consultancy, said it has recorded its “most significant growth” in nearly two decades of operation with its “best ever…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based online publisher of LADbible and other brands appealing to young readers, confirmed this week that chief financial oficer Richard Jarvis has…

Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm ITM Power announced it signed a contract to supply four NEPTUNE V units, totalling 20MW, to La Française…

Manchester-based PRS REIT plc, the closed-end real estate investment trust that invests in the private rented sector, has published an update on its Formal Sale Process, part…

Yorkshire-based Karnova Food Group has been acquired from Leeds private equity firm Endless LLP by OSI UK, part of Illinois-based OSI Group. Karnova Food Group was…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder MJ Gleeson plc said its revenue increased 4.2% to £157.9 million in the six months ended December 31 but profit before…

The number of overdue invoices on the books of businesses in the North East of England reached the highest levels in more than two years…

Shares of Manchester consumer products company PZ Cussons plc rose as much as 8% after it published results for the six months to November 30,…

Newcastle-based housebuilder Bellway plc said its forward order book at January 31, 2025, comprised 4,726 homes (2024 – 3,970 homes), with a value of £1.311 billion…

Shares of County Durham-based Filtronic plc rose more than 10% on Monday after it announced a further contract win with SpaceX valued at £16.8 million…

Shares of North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group rose as much as 4% on Monday after it revealed a heads of terms agreed with the…

Finland’s UPM Raflatac said it has acquired Lancaster-based Metamark to further accelerate its growth in the graphics business. The enterprise value of the transaction is…

Keystone Brewing Group said it has acquired Leeds-based North Brewing Co’s brand portfolio “with the ambition to expand distribution nationally and internationally.” Keystone takes ownership of…

Blackpool-based polymer company Victrex said its first quarter revenue rose 9% to £66.6 million and FY 2025 “is expected to see a significant step-up in our…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc said its cost base will rise by £10 million as a direct result of the UK government’s Autumn Budget, most notably from…

Together Financial Services Limited, the Cheadle, Cheshire-based non-bank relationship lender, announced the successful pricing of its £276.8 million 2nd charge only residential mortgage backed securitisation (RMBS) —…

County Durham-based Filtronic plc said its group revenue for the six months ended November 30, 2024, increased by over 200% on the prior year with sales…

Shares of Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, rose about 5% after it published a trading for the four months to the end of…

Shares of South Yorkshire-based Xeros Technology Group soared as much as 20% after it announced it signed a Letter of Intent with a major electronics distributor…

Shares of Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm James Fisher and Sons plc rose as much as 9% after it published an update on trading for the year…

Surface Transforms, the troubled Knowsley-based maker of disc brakes for supercars, said its working capital is becoming “increasingly constrained.” The firm published a financing, trading and…

Automation and control supplier Beckhoff UK has expanded its coverage of the UK by opening a new office at Bruntwood SciTech’s innovation campus Alderley Park in Cheshire. The…

Construction activity remained “resilient” in Manchester and Salford in 2024, with 58 projects on-site, according to Deloitte’s annual Manchester Crane Survey. “Completions also increased in…

Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, which delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, said its revenue for the half year ended November 30, 2024,…

Leaders of West Yorkshire Combined Authority said they have approved its budget “showing devolution in action” against a backdrop of difficult decisions for the public…

Manchester City Council’s new chief executive Tom Stannard has started in the role with a vow to be “highly ambitious” for the “remarkable” city. “He…

Shares of Oldham-based consumer goods firm Ultimate Products fell about 15% after it said its first-half revenues fell 5.7% to £79.4 million and “market conditions in…

Shares of Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, fell as much as 30% after it published a trading update for the…

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has cancelled a planned £450 million investment in a vaccine manufacturing plant at Speke, Liverpool, alleging the UK Labour government failed to match the…

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) said the UK Government has confirmed that Greater Manchester will receive an “historic” new £630 million funding settlement as part…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said its full year total revenue rose 3.8% to £15.3 billion, with Q4 revenue up 4.8% to £3.8 billion. Morrisons updated…

Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global software business, said its total revenue increased by 10% to £612 million in its first quarter, with…

Sheffield-based BOW, the robotics software company, closed a £4 million seed round led by Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on science and technology businesses…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it is investigating the completed acquisition by Iberdrola through its subsidiary Scottish Power Energy Networks Holdings Limited…

Leeds-based transport technology provider Tracsis plc announced that following the successful completion of a six-month pilot, ScotRail is expanding the availability of its Tracsis-developed pay-as-you-go…

Salford-based investment platform giant AJ Bell issued a trading update for the three months ended December 31, 2024, showing record assets under administration (AUA) of £89.5…

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has invested £100 million into an investment fund developed and managed by Legal and General (L&G) to deliver affordable homes…

Manchester-based global cyber security firm NCC Group plc said it has signed a three-year contract with TikTok to extend and enhance its role as independent security provider…

Manchester-based technology training firm Northcoders Group plc said its unaudited revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024, increased 24% to £8.8 million “driven by increasing…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based land promotion, property investment and development group, published a a trading update for the year ended December 31, 2024, reporting a…

Stelrad Group plc, the Newcastle-based radiator firm, said in a trading update for the 12 months ended December 31, 2024, that it expects to deliver an adjusted…

Harrogate-based IT firm Redcentric plc said on Monday that David Senior has informed the board of his decision to step down from the role as chief…

Leicestershire-based Bramble Foods Group announced the acquisition of Whitakers Chocolates of Skipton, Yorkshire. Bramble Foods is backed by LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds…

Shares of Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings plc fell as much as 20% after the firm published a trading update for the year ending…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc announced that David Taylor will rejoin the company on February 3, 2025, to support chief financial officer Richard…

Sheffield-based builder and developer Henry Boot said Hallam Land, the group’s land promotion and planning business, has completed the sale of 75 residential plots in Ambrosden,…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group plc, a developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, published a strong trading update for the 12 months ended December 31,…

International Airlines Group (IAG) has invested in Wastefront, the tyre-to-fuel company that plans to turn used tyres into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The airline group’s…