Leeds-based transport data analytics firm Tracsis plc announced a 76% increase in profit before tax to £2.3 million for the six months ended January 31 as its…

By Mark McSherry Newcastle United has filed its financial results for the 2021-22 financial year, showing a loss after tax of £70.7 million for the 12…

Shares of NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, fell as much as 35% on Friday after it warned in a trading update that…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said its total revenue rose 3.4% to £4.713 billion in its first quarter — the 13 weeks ending January 29, 2023. Morrisons…

Shares of North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group rose as much as 6% on Thursday after it said the UK government has confirmed its commitment to…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said its first-half revenue rose 1.6% to a record £1.809 billion as it announced a £100 million share buyback. Profit…

Shares of Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, fell about 8% as it announced CEO Debbie Bestwick will step down soon and…

Severfield plc, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, reported a record UK and Europe order book of £508 million at March 1, 2023, of which…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc has announced an update on its restructuring, saying it will operate from May 1 under three units — Commercial…

Manchester-based DSW Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Dow Schofield Watts group, is launching its first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) fund — aiming…

Sunderland-based furniture and floorings company ScS Group said its revenue increased 2.6% to £147.9 million in the the 26 weeks ended January 28, 2023, while The…

Sheffield-based property investment and construction group Henry Boot plc said its 2022 revenue rose 48% to £341.4 million and profit before tax increased 29.7% to £45.6…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said its 2022 revenue rose 20.8% to £743.6 million while profit before taxation increased 23% to…

Shares of Alderley Park-based drug development firm Evgen Pharma plc rose about 9% after it announced that new research findings will be presented at the ESMO…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities announced that Louise Beardmore will take up the role of CEO on March 31, 2023. United Utilities is the UK’s…

Private equity firm IK Partners announce that its IK Small Cap III Fund has agreed to acquire Chorley, Lancashire-based Ipsum Group Limited from Aliter Capital….

Shares of Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, rose about 7% after it published a…

Shareholders of Boohoo have voiced their opposition to its potential £175 million bonus plan for a group of executives in a 37.39% vote against a motion…

Bruntwood SciTech — a joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General — said it will invest a further £60 million into Manchester Science Park…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc fell as much as 15% after it published results for the 26 weeks ended December 31, 2022,…

Newcastle Building Society reported record gross mortgage lending of £1.1 billion for 2022 and record net core residential lending of £586 million. Profit for the…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc said its 2022 adjusted profit before tax increased 14.5% to £25 million as revenue increased 14.3% to…

Manchester-based household products firm McBride said its group revenues rose 31.8% to £426.3 million in the six months ended December 31, 2022, and adjusted loss…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, said its 2022 sales rose 10.6% to £2.089 billion and profit before tax rose…

Manchester developer Glenbrook said it has handed over High Definition, the £70 million residential scheme in Salford’s MediaCityUK, to Latimer, Clarion Housing Group’s development arm….

Leeds-based transport data analytics firm Tracsis plc published a trading update for the six months ended January 31, 2023, saying revenue is expected to have increased to…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group announced that its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose 84% in 2022 to £731 million. That’s…

By Mark McSherry Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma and Massachusetts-based Jounce Therapeutics have announced a “unanimously recommended business combination” of the two companies via a proposed all…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group said on Tuesday that previously announced board changes “are applicable with immediate effect” as it published a trading update for…

The boards of Newcastle Building Society and Manchester Building Society said they have agreed heads of terms to merge “by way of a transfer of…

Moody’s Investors Service announced it has downgraded the corporate family rating (CFR) and the probability of default rating (PDR) of Market Holdco 3 Limited, the…

Shares of Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc rose about 12% after it published a trading update covering the 10 month period to…

Shares of NCC Group, the Manchester-based global cyber security firm, fell about 10% on Thursday after it warned it has experienced a recent “lengthening of…

Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, announced “record first half results” with group revenues and…

Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc announced it has been the target of a cyber incident which resulted in “the unauthorised access to a…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said its revenue for the 52 weeks ending October 30, 2022, rose 2.2% to £18.4 billion. Group like-for-like (LFL) sales ex-fuel fell…

Shares of Manchester-based online holiday retailer On the Beach Group plc (OTB) rose as much as 9% after it published an encouraging trading update for the…

Bradford-based Provident Financial plc on Thursday said that its chief executive officer is to step down, while its fourth quarter trading remains in line with…

The £20 billion Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has committed a further £100 million into alternative asset management group Gresham House’s Sustainable Infrastructure (BSIF) strategy. GMPF…

MAG (Manchester Airports Group) has announced a £440 million investment in Manchester Airport that it says will create thousands of jobs and unlock billions of…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet roll and tissue maker Accrol Group rose about 7% after it announced it intends to resume dividend payments “as soon as is…

The number of UK businesses in financial distress has increased as legacy Covid debt, rampant inflation and tumbling consumer confidence puts companies closer to collapse,…

Shares of Salford-based fashion firm In The Style fell about 30% on Friday after it published a trading update for the three months to December 31,…

Shares of York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music fell about 17% after it published a trading update for the three months to December 31, 2022….

Eden Project Morecambe, previously known as Eden Project North, said it has been awarded £50 million in the second round of the UK Government’s Levelling…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, published a trading update for the year to December 31, 2022, saying its results “will be…

Shares of Wetherby-based life sciences company Avacta Group rose about 13% after it announced that its tumour targeted therapy AVA6000 “continues to show a very favourable…

Shares of Manchester-based THG plc fell as much as 17% after the firm announced it is reviewing the future of its loss-making businesses outside of…

Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plc announced that its order intake for the 26-week period to December 25, 2022, was up 10.6% compared to the pre pandemic FY19 period — but…

Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory has announced the appointment of Matthias Seeger as its chief financial officer “after an extensive search process.” Seeger…

Shares of York-based house building giant Persimmon plc rose as much as 9% to £14.10 on Thursday as it announced it is offering new customers a…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc said its revenue increased 14% to £164.9 million in the year to December 31, with second half…

Shares of Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer JD Sports Fashion plc rose about 6% on Wednesday after it published a “particularly impressive” trading update on its performance…

Shares of Supreme plc, the Manchester fast-moving consumer products supplier, rose about 12% on Tuesday after it published a strong trading update for the three months ended…

Sunderland-based furniture and floorings company ScS Group announced it has acquired the brand, domain names, website, intellectual property and stock of Snugsofa.com (Snug) from the…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, said its 2022 underlying operating profit is expected to almost double from £41 million to £80 million,…

Shares of Manchester-based novel nanomaterials firm Nanoco Group plc fell more than 25% on Monday after the firm published a further update on its proposed litigation…

Legal & General Capital announced that it committed around £5 billion towards “levelling up” the UK’s towns and cities across 2022, driving regional economic growth,…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc announced that chairman Ian Bull has notified the board that he will step down for personal reasons with effect from…

The UK central bank, the Bank of England, raised its key interest rate to 3.5% from 3% on Thursday, its ninth rate rise in a row….

Soft drinks giant Britvic announced that it has appointed former Greggs chair Ian Durant as an independent non-executive director and chair designate, with the appointment…

Begbies Traynor Group on Tuesday said its half-year profit soared as revenue also grew by double digits in both of its divisions, while it declared…

Financial planning firm Benchmark Capital, part of Schroders Group, said it agreed to acquire a 51% shareholding in Harrogate-based Oculus Wealth Management, subject to FCA…

Gateshead-based Vertu Motors plc on Thursday announced it has acquired Cornwall-based Helston Garages Group Ltd – a predominantly premium manufacturer automotive retail group. The deal adds Volvo and…

Doncaster-based Clean Power Hydrogen plc (CPH2) has announced changes to its executive team. CPH2, a green hydrogen technology and manufacturing company that has developed the…

Salford-based investment giant AJ Bell said on Thursday its revenue rose 12% to £163.8 million and profit before tax was up 6% to £58.4 million in…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced the appointment of Tim Jones as non-executive chair designate with effect from February 1, 2023.  Subject to election…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said on Tuesday it is confident of delivering a full-year outcome in line with expectations as it hired a new…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc said on Thursday it is presently on track “to exceed current average market expectations for group profit before FX revaluation and taxation for the…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World plc rose about 16% on Tuesday after it said the six months to September 2022 represented “solid progress…