Northern Financial Review

England’s North West and Yorkshire & The Humber clearly led regional job growth in the UK in 2018, with both areas enjoying a 3.5% increase…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics plc rose 3% on Friday after it said its revenue increased 15% to £460.2 million in the…

The Liverpool Cruise Terminal at Peel L&P’s £5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme has been given the go-ahead by planners. The city’s new terminal will be…

Shares of York-based Gear4music, the largest UK-based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, rose more than 5% on Friday after it released a trading…

Shares of Reabold Resources and Union Jack Oil rose on Thursday after the firms said well testing has revealed that their West Newton project near…

Manchester-based soaps and consumer products company PZ Cussons said on Thursday it agreed to sell its Greek food subsidiary Minerva and its Polish personal care brand Luksja…

West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which is developing proposals for an advanced mass transit system for the Leeds City Region, said it is now seeking “ideas…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc said on Friday its profit before tax fell 8% to £24.1 million for the six months…

Warrington-based Eddie Stobart Logistics plc said on Friday its CEO Alex Laffey will “stand down … with immediate effect” as the firm said it will suspended…

Carlisle-based aviation, energy and civil engineering firm Stobart Group — still recovering from recent boardroom battles — on Thursday announced a new partnership with the largest low-cost airline…

Transport for the North said on Wednesday it has submitted a bid for £700 million of investment in the region’s roads over the next five…

Shares of Leeds-based Tracsis plc, a provider of software and services for the traffic data and transportation industry, rose about 5% on Tuesday after it announced a…

Scandal-hit York house building giant Persimmon said on Tuesday its revenue and profit fell in the six months to June 30 as it spent money…

The influential Business Roundtable in the United States on Monday announced a new “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” signed by 181 CEOs that…

Companies in the North West of England showed continued appetite for cross-border transactions in the first half of 2019, with 22 firms in the region…

Walmart’s Leeds-based subsidiary Asda has reported a like for like sales decline of 0.3% for the first half of 2019 compared to the same period…

Leaders from across the North of England on Thursday called on the UK Government to commit to a “Northern Budget” to deliver a boost to…

Elland, West Yorkshire-based landscaping products company Marshalls plc said on Thursday its revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2019, grew 15% to £280.1 million…

Shares of Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International fell 10% on Wednesday after it said in a stock exchange statement that Grant Thornton is to quit…

Manchester-based car dealership Lookers plc on Wednesday posted a 27.5% drop in first-half underlying pretax profit to £29.2 million amid what its CEO called “an…

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…

Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems firm Polypipe said on Tuesday its first-half revenue rose 6.2% tot £223.3 million with a strong contribution from recent acquisitions. First-half…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory fell 5% on Tuesday after it said its second quarter was “a little weaker” despite total…

Sheffield-based Henry Boot Construction Limited has acquired a majority shareholding in Derbyshire-based Starfish Commercial Limited for a nominal sum. Starfish is a housing contractor and…

Shares of Sheffield-based Benchmark Holdings, the aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition firm, fell almost 30% on Monday after it produced a third-quarter trading update warning of…

The UK economy shrank for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter of 2019 as manufacturing and construction both slumped. Production output fell…

Shares of Manchester-based holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) fell 17% on Friday after it issued a profit warning saying it has been hit…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank plc said on Thursday it narrowed its statutory loss for the six months to June 30 to £38.5 million from a £39.5…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway on Thursday issued a trading update for the year ended July 31, 2019, saying its housing revenue is expected to rise by…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc said on Wednesday it appointed former British Land executive Tim Roberts as its new chief executive…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group plc said late on Tuesday it completed an asset purchase agreement for British brands Karen Millen and Coast. The…

Forth Ports confirmed on Tuesday that — in partnership with Direct Rail Services (DRS) and Eddie Stobart — the freight rail service which provides a…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group plc confirmed on Tuesday it has made an offer to acquire the online business of Karen Millen and Coast. Boohoo…

Shares of Scarborough-based Sirius Minerals plc, the firm behind the controversial $2.9 billion fertilizer mine in North Yorkshire, fell 29% on Tuesday after it suspended a $500 million junk bond sale….

Peel Media and Legal & General Capital have secured a £292.5 million loan facility to fund the next phase of development at MediaCityUK in Manchester….

Atlanta-based real estate and investment giant Cortland said it acquired Leeds-based build-to-rent (BTR) specialist LIV Group for an undisclosed sum. Cortland said it now plans…

Wilmslow, Chesire-based pet and vet retailer Pets At Home said on Friday its first-quarter revenue grew 9.9% to £303.4 million — and said it expects…

Leeds Building Society said on Friday its assets have risen above £20 billion for the first time — up 6.9% to £20.7 billion from £19.4…

The Bank of England (BoE), the UK’s central bank, cut its growth forecasts on Thursday amid increased Brexit concerns and a slowing global economy. However…

Blackburn-based fuel station and convenience store giant EG Group announced yet another expansion in the United States with a binding agreement for the acquisition of Cumberland Farms. Cumberland…

Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society’s recent interim results showed the member-owned mutual’s pre-tax profit fell to £76.5 million in the six months to June 30 from £88.6 million…

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) said on Thursday it agreed to buy financial information firm Refinitiv in an all-share $27 billion deal that would…

Skipton Building Society said its total profit before tax fell to £72.3 million in the first half of 2019 from £104.7 million at the same…

Shares of Intu Properties plc — which runs 17 shopping centres including Manchester’s Trafford Centre and Arndale Centre, Newcastle’s Eldon Square and Gateshead’s Metrocentre — fell about…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF on Wednesday announced its full year results for the year ended April 30, 2019, following the company’s IPO in March…

A leading think-tank has called on new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to demonstrate his commitment to “Power up the North” by backing a plan…

Shares of Glasgow-based banking group CYBG — owner of Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and Virgin Money — fell 11% on Tuesday after it said its net…

Shares of Bradford-based subprime lender Provident Financial rose about 5% on Tuesday after it said it had reinstated of an interim dividend following the collapse…

Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural and distribution business that delivers feed, food and fuel across the UK, said on Tuesday its revenue rose 9.9% to…

The overall stock market value of the North West of England’s 11 listed retailers soared 51% to £21 billion in the last three years, bolstered…

Newcastle-based bakery and “food-on-the-go” retailer Greggs said on Tuesday its first half sales rose 14.7% to £546 million and underlying pre-tax profit rose to £40.6 million…

French carmaker PSA — owner of Vauxhall — has warned that the car giant could cease production at its Ellesmere Port factory on the Mersey…

Shares in Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct fell by as much as 27% on Monday morning following the chaos that surrounded the retailer’s delayed annual results…

Shares of Wetherby-based ecommerce firm Proactis Holdings rose about 17% on Monday after it said it has received a “preliminary unsolicited approach from a US-based investor…

West Yorkshire-based textile business Camira said it has acquired San Francisco based textile company Luna Textiles. “Luna has a distinctive portfolio of patterned textiles, designed…

New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a new Manchester-Leeds rail route to “unleash regional growth” in a speech in Manchester. A new Trans-Pennine rail…

Bradford-based window and door company Safestyle UK said on Friday it continues to make progress on phase two of its turnaround plan with revenues for…

Banking group CYBG — owner of Yorkshire Bank, Clydesdale Bank, Virgin Money and digital brand B — promised shareholders on Friday it would be clearer…

Shares of Newcastle-based cloud software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, fell about 12% on Thursday after it issued a trading update…

Shares of Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell rose 5% on Thursday after it said in a third quarter trading update its customers increased 5% to 224,644…