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The UK’s Supreme Court on Friday backed a £32 million negligence claim from Manchester Building Society against its former auditor Grant Thornton. Legal experts said…

Warrington-based robotic process automation (RPA) software firm Blue Prism Group said on Thursday its revenue for the six months to April 30, 2021, rose 21%…

Skelmersdale, Lancashire-based Victorian Plumbing Group plc, an online retailer of bathroom products and accessories, announced on Thursday details of its proposed IPO with a market capitalisation of…

Sheffield-based video gaming firm Sumo Group plc said in an AGM statement on Thursday its pipeline of new business development opportunities now comprises a total contract…

Shares of Macclesfield-based Redx Pharma plc rose about 7% on Thursday after it announced that a milestone payment from AstraZeneca has been triggered “as a…

Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group said on Thursday its five strategic brands of Jacamo, Simply Be, JD Williams, Ambrose Wilson…

Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group plc said on Thursday it “expects revenue for FY21 to be slightly ahead of the prior year.” In a…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group fell about 7% on Wednesday as it provided shareholders with an update on litigation…

Shares of Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc fell about 6% on Wednesday after it announced that publication of its results for the…

Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group Severfield said on Wednesday its revenue rose 11% to £363.3 million in the year to March 31, 2021, but underlying…

Shares of Sunderland-based furniture and floorings retailer ScS Group rose about 10% on Wednesday after it published a positive trading update for the 46 weeks ended June…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not refer the £6.8 billion takeover of Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda for an in-depth investigation after accepting…

A survey of 1,269 UK consumers conducted on behalf of Salford investment platform AJ Bell by findoutnow has found that 7% of adult Britons have…

Liverpool Football Club said its plans for the proposed redevelopment of the Anfield Road Stand have been given the green light by Liverpool City Council’s…

Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) said on Tuesday its first-half revenue fell 79% to £4.4 million “due to suppressed consumer demand…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said on Tuesday its order book has risen 20.5% to £1.8 billion as it published a trading update for the period from…

Manchester fashion giant Boohoo said on Tuesday its revenue rose 32% to £486.1 million in the three months to May 31 compared to the same…

Investment technology firm GBST has renewed its long-term software contract with Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell. “10 years on, GBST’s award-winning Composer platform will continue to power…

Shares of Esken Limited, the aviation and energy infrastructure group formerly known as Stobart Group, fell about 16% on Monday after it published a complex…

Shares of Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural business that delivers feeds, food and fuel across the UK, rose about 5% on Friday after the…

Shares of Wetherby-based diagnostics company Avacta Group plc rose another 18% on Friday after it announce that it has received notice of registration of its AffiDX…

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Friday it acquired The Forge, a build-to-rent (BTR) development in the company’s home city of Newcastle, for £57…

Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory, which last month completed a £225 million refinancing with its current banking syndicate, said on Thursday its…

Newcastle-headquartered international rail and bus giant Go-Ahead Group said on Thursday it continues “to work towards paying a dividend at an appropriate level in the 2021…

Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture rose about 10% on Thursday after it published an update on recent trading through to June 6, 2021, showing its fourth quarter…

Shares of Manchester-based Auto Trader Group plc rose about 7% on Thursday after a strong outlook and a promise to resume stock buybacks eclipsed the news…

More than 70% of shareholders at the AGM of Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons on Thursday voted against the company’s directors’ remuneration report. Morrisons called the vote…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said almost two million more people paid into ISAs in 2019-20 as the market hit a record valuation of £620…

Shares of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc rose about 4% on Wednesday after it announced it entered into a licence and supply agreement with…

Newcastle-based Greggs plc announced it has appointed Mohamed Elsarky as an independent non-executive director with effect from June 21, 2021, and that Peter McPhillips will retire…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Tuesday its revenue fell 15% to £308 million in the year ended 31 March 2021 and it made…

Shares of Chesire-based veterinary drugs giant Dechra Pharmaceuticals rose about 4% on Tuesday after it published an update on trading and outlook for the current financial…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc said on Monday that interim chief financial officer Anna Bielby will leave the firm next month and that it has…

Shares of Leeds-based retail logistics firm Clipper Logistics rose about 2% on Monday after it published a strong trading update for the year ended April…

Plans for a £400 million city centre regeneration scheme that will create more than 1,200 homes have been approved by Manchester City Council. MCR Property…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc announced it agreed “non-binding headline terms” for the disposal of Sports Unlimited Retail BV (SUR), a wholly…

The University of Manchester announced that Bruntwood SciTech, a property firm that specializes in the science and technology sector, is to be its preferred bidder to…

Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail S.A. said on Thursday its revenue soared 25.9% to just over £4.8 billion for the 52 weeks to March 27, 2021,…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc announced on Wednesday the signing of a new £150 million term loan and the launch of an offering of £375 million of guaranteed…

Macclesfield-based Redx Pharma plc, the drug development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announced that Iain Ross is stepping down from his role as director and…

Electric vehicle battery company Britishvolt has signed an agreement with three universities in the North East of England to explore collaborations in research and development…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc said on Tuesday it “is not engaged in a process to recruit a chief executive officer or…

Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant Bodycote plc said on Thursday its revenue for the four-month period to April 30, 2021, was £208 million,…

Salford-based investment platform AJ Bell said on Thursday its revenue rose 21% to £73.9 million in the six months to March 31, 2021, with profit before…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities said on Thursday its underlying operating profit fell from £732.1 million to £602.1 million as revenue slipped 2.8% to £1.80 billion in the…

Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group said its revenue grew 7.9% to a record £1.14 billion in the 52 weeks to March 25…

Nissan is in advanced talks with an attempt to secure tens of millions of pounds of support from the UK government to build a massive…

Newcastle-headquartered international rail and bus giant Go-Ahead Group announced that David Brown intends to retire as group chief executive at the end of this year…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell about 30% on Wednesday after it completed a deeply discounted sale of stock at 20p per share…

Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, said its revenue fell 10.6% to £363.6 million in the year to March 31, 2021, and…

Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc announced its intention to raise gross proceeds of £21 million via discounted sale of stock at 20p per share. finnCap…

Shares of Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc rose about 8% on Tuesday after it published an update on trading and on the renewal of its bank…

Shares of Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc rose about 10% on Tuesday after it published a trading update for the financial year ended April…

Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel has announced plans to sell its aerospace and special alloys steel business in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, as part of a restructuring deal as…

The private equity firm that owns Lancashire-based Hotter Shoes said on Friday the Skelmersdale firm will be floated on the junior AIM market of the…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory plc fell about 15% on Friday after it published an update on trading since the re-opening…

Shares of Manchester-based corporate rescue firm Begbies Traynor Group plc rose about 8% on Thursday after it published an update on trading for its financial year ended…

Doncaster-based piping and ventilation systems firm Genuit Group plc — which recently changed its name from Polypipe Group — said on Thursday its CEO Martin Payne…

Shares of Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group fell about 7% on Thursday after it said its revenue fell 13% to…

Sheffield-based aquaculture biotech firm Benchmark Holdings said on Tuesday its revenue from continuing operations rose 6% to £59.5 million in the six months to March 31,…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group fell about 13% on Tuesday after it published a trading update ahead of its final results…

Assura plc, the Warrington-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), said on Tuesday its portfolio has increased 15% to £2.45 billion amid expectations that NHS demand…

Shares of Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick Plc rose about 7% on Tuesday after it published results for the 52 weeks ended March 27, 2021, showing…

Manchester-based 247 Money has announced the completion of the company’s first private securitisation with a facility of up to £305 million, with senior funding from NatWest and mezzanine funding from East Lodge Capital. “The facility will help support a strong pipeline of auto…

Shares of Newcastle-based accounting software giant Sage Group rose about 4% on Friday after the firm said it expects “organic recurring revenue growth for FY21 to…

Newcastle-headquartered Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said on Thursday its has a current business pipeline of £2.1 billon as it announced results for the six months ended…

Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket Group said it has agreed to combine its TravelSupermarket business (TSM) with Leeds-based Icelolly Marketing Limited (Icelolly.com) to enable “stronger…

Shares of Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group rose as much as 16% on Thursday after it announced it agreed to acquire the Intellectual Property Management…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said on Wednesday its revenue in the four months ended April 30, 2021, was up 46%…

Shares of Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc rose as much as 6% on Wednesday after it published results for the year to February 28 showing revenues fell about…