Northern Financial Review

Newcastle-headquartered international bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group confirmed on Monday it has received two separate approaches regarding possible cash takeover offers that it “would be…

James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness international marine engineering company, announced that Eoghan O’Lionaird intends to step down as chief executive officer once a successor…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons announced it will pay its 80,000 store and manufacturing workers a minimum of £10.20 an hour — a minimum 2% increase…

The Sheffield-based British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, announced that Louis Taylor has been appointed its CEO and will take up the role from October…

Bruntwood Works, the workspace, retail and leisure arm of commercial property group Bruntwood has submitted a planning application to redesign and revitalise the Grade II…

Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc announced it will close its German business “based on the continuing deterioration in the outlook for the German business,…

Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc fell as much as 11% on Thursday after it published a statement on recent trading through to June 5, 2022, reporting…

US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s £7 billion takeover of Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons has cleared its final regulatory hurdle. The UK’s Competition…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced that First Milk CEO Shelagh Hancock and AG Barr finance director Stuart Lorimer have been appointed as independent…

Shares of Coral Products plc, the Wythenshawe, Manchester-based plastic products firm, rose about 4% after it published a trading update in advance of its final results…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc — which in April launched a formal sale process for the company — said on Wednesday its revenue rose…

Gary Neville’s development company Relentless and partner Salboy — owned by Betfred founder Fred Done — announced they have agreed a joint venture to enable…

Carlisle-based Cumberland Building Society announced it is embarking on major investment as it promises to offer banking services that are “kinder to people and planet”….

Harrogate-based IT managed services firm Redcentric Plc has announced the acquisition of business and assets of Sungard data centres for up to £22 million. Redcentric said its…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it has provisionally found that Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc as well…

Shares of Manchester-based novel nanomaterials firm Nanoco Group plc rose about 4% on Monday after it announced it signed a “major work package” with its…

Sage Group, the Newcastle-based accounting software giant for SMEs, has appointed Aziz Benmalek as president of its North America region on a permanent basis. Benmalek will…

Leeds-based risk intelligence firm Crisp — which also has an office in Chicago — has been acquired by New York-based Kroll Inc. The terms of the…

Leeds-based private equity firm Endless LLP announced it acquired edible oil supplier K.T.C. (Edibles) Limited. The investment in KTC adds another British food business to Endless’…

Shares of Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail fell as much as 15% on Tuesday after the firm warned its profit margins would take a hit this…

Shares of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics company Genedrive rose about 5% on Monday after the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency granted the firm a Coronavirus Test…

Shares of Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, rose about 4% on Monday after it said its revenue increased 16.4% to £386.8 million…

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…

Sheffield-based law firm Irwin Mitchell has expanded its wealth management team with the acquisition of Cheshire-based TWP Wealth. TWP Wealth is a chartered financial planning company…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda said its like-for-like sales fell 9.2% to £4.641 billion during the quarter to March 31 compared to the “exceptional” same period of…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc published a trading update for its financial year ended April 30, 2022, saying it expects to report net revenue of…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot said in an AGM trading update that it has made a strong start to the year and continues…

Shares of Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell rose about 7% on Thursday after it announced results for the six-month period ended March 31, 2022, showing its total…

Manchester-based FTSE 100 firm Auto Trader Group plc said its revenue rose 65% to £432.7 million in the year to March 31, 2022, and was…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities has promised it will not increase average household bills in 2022-23 despite rapidly rising inflation. The vow came as United Utilities…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced on Wednesday that executive chairman Peter Cowgill will step down from his role with immediate effect…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said in an AGM trading update its revenue rose 11% to £230 million in the four-month period from…

Shares of Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group rose about 10% on Wednesday after it said its revenue grew 15.3% to £1.317…

Greater Manchester-based Freedom Fibre said it has secured £100 million of scale-up funding as the first step in its rollout in the North West of England….

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 holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) fell about 13% on Tuesday after its CEO said the firm believes it is “yet…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo said on Tuesday it reached a final settlement over a US class action claim alleging Boohoo’s promotions in California misled shoppers….

Assura plc, the Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), said its profit before tax grew 44% to £155.8 million in the year to March…

Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick said its revenue increased 5.8% to a record £2.008 billion in the year to March 26, 2022 and profit before tax…

The North East Fund announced it has helped 350 businesses raise about £220 million of funding in its first four years of operations. The Newcastle-based…

Shares of Manchester-based THG rose 25% to £1.45 on Friday after the e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant revealed late on Thursday it had rejected a £2.07…

Shares of Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, rose about 4% on Friday after the firm published a strong trading…

Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, has announced a first close of £215 million. With plans…

THG plc, the Manchester e-commerce, beauty and nutrition giant, confirmed late on Thursday that it “received a third unsolicited, highly preliminary and indicative non-binding” takeover proposal…

Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma, the drug development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announced it conditionally raised £34.2 million via a placing sale of 58 million…

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…

Shares of Sheffield-based aquaculture biotech firm Benchmark Holdings rose about 5% on Wednesday after it reported 33% growth in revenue to £79.2 million and a 100%…

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…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings has announced record half year results for the six months ended March 31, 2022, in which revenue rose 13.1%…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based Victorian Plumbing Group has published half year results for the six months ended March 31, 2022, showing revenue was down 5% year-on-year to…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group rose about 10% on Tuesday after it published a trading update saying it has “successfully navigated…

Shares of Huddersfield-based Fintel plc, a provider of compliance and business services to financial advisers and institutions, rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published…

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….

Manchester-based Bank North, the new regional business bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced the internal promotion of two senior team members to…

Shares of Sheffield-based Fulcrum Utility Services Limited fell 23% on Friday after it published a trading update today for its financial year ended March 31, 2022,…

Manchester-based commercial property giant Bruntwood announced it has purchased a 42.4% share in a new co-operative owned wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, becoming the first…

Sage Group, the Newcastle-based accounting software giant for SMEs, said on Friday its first-half statutory revenue held steady at £934 million as it reported strong…

The Abrdn-managed UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has acquired a hotel development in Leeds, from Marrico (Sovereign Square) Ltd, a joint venture between Marrico LLP…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said its profit before tax for the six months ended March 31 soared 122% to £98.8 million as revenue…

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc rose about 7% on Thursday after it published a positive trading update and said it…