Severfield loss widens to £40m amid transition
Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international steel group, said its revenue for the year to March 28, 2026, rose 1% to £454.3 million while statutory loss…
Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international steel group, said its revenue for the year to March 28, 2026, rose 1% to £454.3 million while statutory loss…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he will resign — pledging to ensure an orderly transfer of power to a new UK leader…
Leeds-based private equity firm Endless LLP said it has acquired Wolverhampton-based Anochrome Group, a leading surface finishing and coatings specialist, in a management buyout from…
Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc said it is outsourcing up to 200 UK call centre jobs to South Africa as it announced its profit…
Manchester-based Boohoo Group, the fashion retailer that now trades as Debenhams, said group revenue fell 24.7% to £917 million and loss before tax narrowed by…
The Port of Tyne announced its strongest financial results in a decade, with revenue increasing 5% to £70 million and adjusted profit before tax growing…
Shares of Manchester-based cleaning products firm McBride plc fell as much as 14% on Friday after it published an update on current trading conditions and…
Norcros, the Wilmslow, Cheshire-based bathroom products business, said its revenue rose 10.6% to £393.4 million and underlying profit before tax climbed 8.2% to £40.9 million…
Turner & Townsend, the Leeds-based international infrastructure consultancy that is majority-owned by CBRE Group, published its annual review for 2025, reporting record growth across all…
Howden Joinery Group has agreed to acquire the parent company of Pontefract-based Ultima Furniture Systems Limited, which trades as DIY Kitchens, for an enterprise value…
Shares of Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail plc rose as much as 15% on Wednesday after it published results for the 52 weeks to March…
Shares of Manchester-based retailer Boohoo Group, which includes Debenhams Group, rose as much as 25% on Wednesday after it published a trading update for its…
Shares of Liverpool-based Applied Nutrition plc, the sports nutrition, health, and wellness brand, rose about 10% after it said it is trading ahead of expectations,…
Redcentric plc, the Harrogate-based IT managed services provider (MSP), on Monday published a “robust” trading update for the year to March 31, 2026, “delivering adjusted…
North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Monday it has agreed to buy Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) in a deal valuing the renewable…
Leeds-based supermarket group Asda has announced a partnership with Ocado Group to improve grocery home shopping experience for the millions of customers who shop online….
Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property development and home building firm, said Hamer Boot has been appointed as the new permanent Managing Director for HBD, the group’s…
BTG Consulting plc, the Manchester-based business recovery, financial advisory and real estate firm, said it expects its full year results for the year to be above the…
Leyland, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group plc said its first-half revenue rose 10.5% to £168.8 million and profit before tax rose from £5.4 million…
Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings plc said its subsidiary, Excalon Holdings Limited, has acquired Electricity Distribution Engineering Services Ltd (EDES) for up…
NatWest Group, the bank formerly known as RBS, on Monday announced a £20 billion funding commitment over the next 10 years to drive economic growth…
Manchester-based Co-op Group has announced the launch of a new national advertising business called Co-op Media Network Out of Home, marking the retailer’s formal entry,…
Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, which delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, said its adjusted profit before tax for the full year is…
Shares of Manchester holiday firm On the Beach slumped 15% after it published interim results for the six months to March 31, 2026, showing a…
Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property development and home building firm, announced that CEO Tim Roberts will step down later this year after six years in…
York-based international animal health business Animalcare Group plc — which recently agreed to a £235.2 million cash takeover offer from London private equity firm Charterhouse…
SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said on Thursday its like-for-like (LFL) sales in the quarter to March 31, 2026, were down 5%…
Shares of United Utilities, water supplier to the North West of England, rose 12% on Thursday after it said its profit before tax rose 119.4%…
Manchester-based technology training firm Northcoders Group plc said its 2025 revenue fell about 44% to £4.9 million “as a result of Northcoders’ strategic reset in…
Leeds-based Jet2 said on Wednesday it is “maintaining frequent dialogue” with its fuel suppliers and airport partners as it continues to monitor the situation in…
Barnsley-based structural steel and construction safety specialist Billington Holdings Plc said its 2025 revenue fell 15.4% to £95.7 million “despite a 4.2% increase in group…
Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 specialty chemicals giant, said it is “increasing prices to fully recover input cost inflation” as it manages…
JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, announced that Andrew Higginson has informed the board of his intention to step down as chair…
Manchester-based online retailing group THG plc published a first-quarter trading statement for the period ended March 31, 2026, showing its strongest group Q1 revenue growth…
Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc published an AGM trading update for the three months to March 31, 2026, showing revenue grew 4.3%…
Stelrad Group plc, the Newcastle-based international radiator firm, announced the appointment of former Marshalls plc CEO Martyn Coffey as independent non-executive director and chair designate…
Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Friday it expects to report FY26 profits of between £26 million and £29 million, in line with…
Newcastle-headquartered REIT Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, announced that former Bank of Ireland director and FBD Holdings CEO Fiona Muldoon has been appointed…
Shares of James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging firm, rose as much as 25% on Tuesday after it published a trading…
Shares of Bolton-based electrical retailer AO World plc rose as much as 8% on Friday after it published a trading update for the 12 months…
Wetherby-based CCL Facades, the specialist façade division of Caddick Construction Group, is set to embark on ambitious expansion plans as the business eyes a target…
Leeds-based engineering services and infrastructure group Renew Holdings plc said on Wednesday it continues to “actively assess a number of acquisitions in the environmental and…
Northumbrian Water Group has confirmed a £400 million equity investment “to support delivery of its business plan for the current five-year regulatory period (AMP8), its…
Princes Group, the Liverpool-based international food and beverage giant, which joined the London Stock Exchange in November, said on Tuesday that its consolidated revenue rose…
Manchester-based retailer Debenhams-Boohoo said on Monday its performance is “comfortably ahead of previous guidance” as its multi-year turnaround strategy continues at pace. The group’s brands…
Shares of Manchester-based online retailing group THG plc rose about 7% after it published 2025 results showing revenue up 2.3% to £1.717 billion and a…
Co-op Group, the Manchester-based member-owned mutual, said on Thursday that CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq “has made the decision to step down” and that member-nominated director Kate…
Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons on Wednesday published a first quarter trading update for the 13 weeks ended January 25, 2026, showing group like-for-like (LFL) sales…
Preston-based life and pensions consolidator Chesnara plc said its assets under administration (AUA) rose 10% to £15 billion in 2025 and its adjusted operating profit increased…
Manchester-based holiday firm On the Beach Group announced that Zoe Harris has informed the board of her decision to step down from her role as…
Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc said its first-half revenue increased 8.6% to £547.7 million in the 26 weeks to December 28, 2025, and profit before tax…
Newcastle-based building services group Northern Bear plc has announced further boardroom changes following the news last October that Julian Davis would step down from his…
Barrow-in-Furness energy, defence and maritime transport engineering firm James Fisher and Sons plc said its “underlying adjusted” revenue in 2025 rose 4.3% to £377.2 million…
Shares of Manchester-based holiday firm On the Beach Group fell as much as 13% on Thursday after it published an AGM trading update on its performance…
Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, has announced the appointment of Judith Cottrell to its board as chief financial officer with…
Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said its 2025 revenue slipped 4% to £727.1 million but profit before taxation increased to £74.5…
James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based advanced materials & packaging group, announce that Cropper and Hexcel are working together through the Aerospace & Defence working group…
Newcastle Building Society said its total assets grew to more than £7 billion in 2025 from £6.6 billion in 2024 “driven by strong mortgage lending…
North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said its chief financial officer Frank Lemmink is taking a six-month leave of absence “to support his recovery from…
SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, has reported a 2025 statutory loss before tax of £61.7 million “reflecting £41.7m of other items, including…
Newcastle-based Greggs said its 2025 underlying profit before tax fell 9.4% to £171.9 million despite total sales rising 6.8% to £2.151 billion. Nonethless, Greggs maintained…
Leyland, Lancashire-based bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing Group plc said on Wednesday that Mark Radcliffe, the group’s founder and current CEO, has decided he will relinquish his…
Leeds-based Jet2 on Wednesday published a trading update, saying FY26 profit is in line with expectations and that operationally the firm is “well-set ahead of…
Scunthorpe-based British Steel said it has secured a new order worth tens of millions of pounds for a major high-speed electric railway in Türkiye. The…
Shares of Newcastle-based SkinBioTherapeutics plc have plummeted about 67% in the past few days — following the firm’s announcement on February 13 that CEO Stuart…
Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global software company, has announced new AI-powered capabilities in Sage Intacct — its cloud finance software — designed…
Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based international structural steel group, announced the appointment of Andrew Page as chief financial officer and executive director, with effect from February…
Newcastle-based housebuilder Bellway plc has reported “clear signs of improving customer demand in the early weeks of the current spring selling season compared to the…
Salford-based invest platform AJ Bell said UK equity funds have now endured a decade of outflows totalling £71 billion, citing the latest data from the…
Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, which delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, said revenue for the half year ended November 30, 2025, was…