Northern Financial Review

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has appointed Rod Walley as the new head of its Manchester office, succeeding William Thomson. Brewin Dolphin oversees about £57 billion…

Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc announced the appointment of Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart, PhD, as chief scientific officer as of January 4, 2022….

NEL Fund Managers completed 61 investments in businesses across Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and County Durham during 2021. NEL, a long-standing North East of England…

Leon, the “fresh fast food” restaurant chain bought by Blackburn-based petrol station and convenience store giant EG Group in April, has unveiled a growth strategy centred on plans…

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) announced it completed over 300 deals in 2021 with a value of £87 million “with an additional £145 million…

Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, said on Monday it completed a refinancing of its revolving credit facility (RCF) with its current banking syndicate. Severfield’s…

Supermarket Income REIT plc, the real estate investment trust, announced the acquisition of a Tesco supermarket in Sheffield, Yorkshire, for a purchase price of £73.2 million, representing a net…

Sage Group, the Newcastle-based international software giant for SMEs, said on Monday it agreed to buy the 83% of Brightpearl it does not already own…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, announced it has appointed Daniel Dayan as non-executive chair with effect from January 1, 2022. Bodycote is…

The National Infrastructure Commission has welcomed UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the Commission will open a new office in Leeds by the end of 2023….

Rotherham-based property and land regeneration firm Harworth Group plc said on Friday it has conditionally exchanged contracts for the sale of its strategic land site in…

York-based life sciences firm Aptamer Group plc has announced its proposed admission to trading on the AIM section of the London Stock Exchange. Aptamer announced…

Shares of Manchester-based household products firm McBride plc fell about 8% on Thursday after it said it expects to make a bigger loss than anticipated…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo fell about 15% on Thursday after it published a trading update for the three months to November 30, 2021,…

Shares of LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based digital media and youth content publisher of Ladbible and other news brands including Sportbible and Tyla, rose more…

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…

Stockport-based musicMagpie — which allows consumers to buy, rent and sell refurbished consumer technology — said on Wednesday its financial performance for the year is in…

Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell said the FTSE 100’s total dividend pay-out, excluding special dividends, is expected to reach £81.8 billion in 2021, a 32%…

A US national security panel investigation into the £919 million takeover of Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc by a subsidiary of China’s Tencent has…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group announced that its subsidiary Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc has agreed to acquire the pellet sales contract book of Pacific…

Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc said on Tuesday its revenue increased 39% to £52.3 million in the half year ended October 31, 2021, and…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc said on Tuesday its Yourgene Genomic Services (YGS) business has been awarded a contract for the provision of genetic sequencing…

Shares of Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural business that delivers fuel, food and feed across the UK, rose about 4% on Tuesday after it…

Leeds-based PureGym Group announced that investment firm KKR will make a £300 million equity investment in PureGym to support its global expansion plans. “KKR will become…

Manchester-based self invested personal pension (SIPP) provider iPensions Group has acquired business assets of FCA-regulated firm Forthplus Pensions — currently in administration — providing some certainty to the Edinburgh firm’s 2,500-plus…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Monday afternoon that National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) has been fined £264.8 million following convictions for three…

Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc said on Monday that “over the next 12-24 months” it will look to “advance and augment” its…

York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music plc said on Monday that CEO Andrew Wass sold 1.65 million shares in the company at £7.30 per share, representing 7.9%…

Communities in East Lothian, the Scottish Borders and Northumberland have been connected via rail for the first time in years decades thanks to new services…

The founder and CEO of Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based Victorian Plumbing Group plc bought £2.9 million worth of shares in his company on Friday after the share…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc on Thursday published an update on recent trading activity and a further upgrade to its full year outlook, despite ongoing shortfalls in…

Shares of Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings rose about 5% on Thursday after it published results for the year ended September 30, 2021, showing…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc said on Thursday its revenue rose 3.8% to £203.5 million for the half year ended October 31, 2021, and…

Shares of Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) fell about 6% on Thursday after it published results for the year to September…

Shares of Newcastle-headquartered bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group, recently stripped of the Southeastern rail franchise, fell another 15% on Thursday after the firm said it anticipates that…

Shares of Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based Victorian Plumbing Group plc, the online retailer of bathroom products and accessories that went public in June, fell about 40% on…

Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics plc said on Thursday its revenue increased 33.1% to £406.1 million in the six months to October 31, 2021,…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail S.A. announced on Thursday its board declared a special dividend of 25p per share, equating to approximately £250 million in…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has called on the UK Government to carry out “an urgent review of its new travel restrictions” as the group released…

The UK has been a “particularly good home” for active managers of open-ended retail funds, with the average active fund returning 134% over 10 years…

Manchester-based fast-moving consumer products wholesaler Supreme plc said on Tuesday its revenue increased 9% to £61.1 million in the six months to September 30 as it…

Shares of Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group rose about 5% on Tuesday after it reported its revenue for the year to August 28…

Yorkshire County Cricket Club announced on Monday the appointment of Yorkshire and England cricket legend Darren Gough as Managing Director on an interim basis, initially…

All members of Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s coaching team are among 16 people who have now left the club following allegations of institutional racism. “We can…

Cain International, the privately held investment firm led by Jonathan Goldstein, and PGIM Real Estate, have agreed a development loan of £191 million to finance…

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for biologics, viral vaccines and viral vectors, has confirmed a £400 million investment package at…

US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has delayed plans to raise £6.6 billion in debt to finance its agreed buyout of Bradford-based…

Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell on Thursday reported a record year of growth with total customers up by 87,449 to 382,754, net inflows of £6.4 billion…

By Mark McSherry Edinburgh-based investment giant Abrdn announced plans on Thursday to acquire Manchester-based investment platform Interactive Investor for £1.49 billion. Interactive Investor is a subscription-based…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based digital media and youth content publisher of Ladbible and other news brands including Sportbible and Tyla, is planning an initial…

The directors of Warrington-based robotics software company Blue Prism Group said on Wednesday they have agreed to a £1.24 billion takeover offer from Connecticut-based financial…

Shares of North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group rose about 10% on Wednesday after it published a strong trading update and said it aims to double…

WPP has acquired Lancaster-based Cloud Commerce Group (CCG), a technology company that helps brands to market, sell and deliver their products across ecommerce platforms and…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Tuesday its revenues rose 24% to £176.1 million in the six months ended September 30, 2021, and statutory profit…

Leeds-based Asda said it has chartered its own cargo ship “to protect the availability of key festive products including festive decorations, toys, clothing and gifts.” Asda…

Screen Yorkshire announced that Caroline Cooper Charles has been appointed as its new chief executive officer (CEO) to succeed Sally Joynson who is retiring from…

Accenture has announced plans to increase its UK workforce by 3,000 new roles over the next three years — with half of the jobs based…

Sheffield-based aquaculture biotech firm Benchmark Holdings said on Monday it raised £20.7 million through a placing with existing and new shareholders through the sale of 33.1 million new…

Northcoders Group plc, the Leeds and Manchester-based provider of software coding training programmes which went public in July, has opened a new training hub in Newcastle…

Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell said on Monday it will launch a new, app-only investment platform which aims “to make investing more straightforward and accessible…

Shares of Wetherby-based diagnostics company Avacta Group plc rose about 4% on Monday after it announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Investigational New…

Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics plc announced on Monday the acquisition of CE Repair Services Group B.V in the Netherlands to expand its electronics…

Santander UK announced on Monday the appointment of Mike Regnier as its chief executive officer (CEO), subject to regulatory approval. Regnier joins Santander UK from Yorkshire…

Blackburn-based billionaires the Issa brothers are considering merging their recently-acquired Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda with EG Group, their international chain of petrol stations and convenience stores,…

Shares of Sunderland-based furniture and floorings retailer ScS Group fell about 9% on Friday after it published a trading update for its AGM showing a one-year…

Shares of Warrington-based robotics software company Blue Prism Group rose almost 7% to around £12.95 on Friday after it agreed to a £12.50 per share cash final…

Shares of Accrington-based home shopping firm Studio Retail Group plc (SRG) — formerly known as Findel — fell about 22% on Thursday after it cut its…

Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics plc said on Thursday it agreed to establish a joint venture company with luxury fashion platform Farfetch Limited “formalising the…

Johnson Service Group (JSG), the Runcorn-based workwear and textile firm, published an update on trading on Wednesday saying it expects profit before taxation for the year to…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Wednesday its first-half revenue rose £38 million to £932 million in the six months to September 30 “largely…