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Scandal-hit York housebuilder Persimmon said on Thursday its revenues for the first six months of 2019 slipped to £1.754 billion from £1.836 billion amid a…

Bury-based JD Sports Fashion Plc said late on Wednesday it will review its corporate governance and remuneration policies after shareholders sent a strong message with…

Shares of Bury-based JD Sports Fashion Plc rose about 3% on Wednesday after it said it is on track to deliver headline profit before tax…

Manchester’s MediaCityUK said it appointed Chis Reay as property director to drive forward the delivery of its £1 billion phase two ambitions for the creative,…

Advertising and communication giant WPP said on Tuesday it will create a new home for its Manchester agencies.  The new purpose-built campus will be located…

More than £394 million is to be invested into the five local authority areas on both sides of the border between England and Scotland. The…

Newcastle-based cloud software giant Sage Group, the UK’s largest listed tech company, said on Monday it is moving its flagship UK offices from North Park…

Every university in the north of England is to come together for an historic summit to agree a plan of action to drive the Northern…

Developer and Asset Manager MEPC has unveiled its newly approved masterplan for phase two the £600 million Wellington Place development in Leeds, following permissions from…

Train operator Arriva Rail North announced that the first nine trains of a £500 million new fleet for local rail services will start carrying passengers…

Apple said late on Thursday that Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will leave the company as an employee later this year to form an…

Philip Day’s Spectre Holdings Limited announced on Thursday the early closure of its £5.7 million cash takeover offer for Wakefield fashion firm Bonmarché Holdings following…

Port of Tyne said its adjusted pre-tax profit increased to £2.1 million and turnover rose 22% to £57.5 million in 2018, with almost all existing…

French carmaker PSA — owner of Vauxhall — said on Thursday that a final decision on whether to build its next generation Astra model at…

Intu Properties plc — which runs 17 shopping centres including Manchester’s Trafford Centre and Arndale Centre, Newcastle’s Eldon Square and Gateshead’s Metrocentre — has issued a…

Shares of Manchester-based car dealership Lookers plc have lost almost a quarter of their value in the past two days following its announcement that the…

Troubled Wakefield fashion firm Bonmarché said on Wednesday that recent trading has been so poor that it now recommends shareholders accept billionaire businessman Philip Day’s…

Shares of York-based Gear4music, the online retailer of musical equipment, fell more than 6% on Tuesday after it said revenue rose 48% to £118.1 million for…

Train operator Grand Central — part of Deutsche Bahn’s Sunderland-based Arriva group — confirmed on Monday that its plans to run frequent trains between Blackpool…

Newcastle United announced on Monday that its manager Rafael Benítez will leave the club when his contract expires on June 30, 2019. Newcastle finished 13th in the…

Progressive policy think tank IPPR North argues in a new report that the Northern Powerhouse has undoubtedly boosted the economy of the North in many…

Shares of Manchester-based fashion retailer N Brown Group rose about 4% on Thursday after it said in a trading statement that its first-quarter total revenue fell…

Castleford, West Yorkshire-based Premier Technical Services Group plc (PTSG) said on Thursday its independent directors agreed to a £265.3 million takeover offer from a subsidiary of…

Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group Severfield said on Wednesday its revenue edged higher to £274.9 million in the year to March 31 and underlying profit before…

Glasgow-based banking group CYBG confirmed on Wednesday it will retire its 175-year-old Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank brands and rename itself Virgin Money UK by the end of…

Shares of Wakefield-based video game developer Team17 Group — which went public in 2018 — rose 14% on Tuesday after it issued a trading update ahead of announcing…

The UK’s largest onshore gas field may have been discovered at a drill site in West Newton, East Yorkshire. Reabold Resources Plc said in a…

Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has put a portfolio of industrial assets and development land around its airports up for sale for £500 million, according to a…

Birkenhead-based prepaid gift card and corporate rewards firm Park Group said on Wednesday its billings increased 3.4% to £426.9 million in the year to March 31 but…

The bosses of Manchester Airport have called on UK Government Ministers to recognise the critical role the airport will play in driving Northern growth and…

Manchester-based online fashion giant Boohoo Group plc said on Wednesday its revenue soared 39% to £254.3 million in the three months to May 31 with…

Leeds-based project management consultancy WYG, whose board last month accepted a takeover offer from California-based engineering firm Tetra Tech, said on Tuesday its revenue edged…

Shares of Manchester-based cyber security company NCC Group rose more than 4% on Tuesday after it said in a trading update it expects to deliver…

Fleetwood, Lancashire-based BES Utilities said it won a share of a contract that is worth an estimated £600 million over two years “which will help…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway on Tuesday published a trading update for the period from February 1 to June 2, saying it has a strong…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based healthcare and industrial adhesives firm Scapa Group rose 12% on Monday after it said CEO Heejae Chae “has agreed to retract his…

Shares of Blackburn-based toilet tissue maker Accrol Group rose about 4% on Monday after it said in a trading update its full-year revenues reached about £119…

Shares of Sheffield-based affordable housebuilder MJ Gleeson plc fell 11% on Monday after it said CEO Jolyon Harrison has left the firm after a disagreement “regarding his…

Shares of Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell slipped about 2.5% on Friday after it said Invesco Asset Management Limited sold 38 million shares in AJ…

Latest figures reveal that Cumbria’s tourism sector generated £3 billion for the county’s economy last year and supported 65,000 jobs – about 20% of Cumbria’s…

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, said on Thursday it has registered an appeal filed by Manchester City Football Club against…

UK Asset Resolution (UKAR), the so-called “bad bank” set up in the UK to manage the debts of failed banks Northern Rock and Bradford &…

Shares of Newcastle-based bus and rail giant Go-Ahead Group surged more than 10% on Thursday after it reported a strong trading update for the period…

Wren Kitchens is to invest £120 million into a new facility at its Barton-upon-Humber headquarters in a project that will create 1,200 jobs, the UK’s…

Manchester-based Auto Trader Group plc said on Thursday its revenue rose 8% to £355.1 million and profit before tax rose 15% to £242.2 million in…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based online retail and education business Findel rose 5% on Wednesday after it said its revenue rose 5.7% to £506.8 million and profit…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said on Wednesday its revenues increased 19.9% to £143.5 million in the year to March 31 and profit…

Wakefield-based greeting cards retailer Card Factory on Wednesday announced first quarter sales growth of 6.4%, with like-for-like sales up 2.3%.  The firm enjoyed record card sales…

Bloomberg News has reported that Non-Standard Finance Plc (NSF), the subprime lender backed by beleaguered investor Neil Woodford, is dropping its £1.3 billion hostile bid…

Shares of Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc rose about 10% on Tuesday after it reported a 26% jump in revenues to £382.8 million and a…

Altrincham-based Matillion, a provider of data transformation software for cloud data warehouses (CDWs), announced a $35 million round of funding on Tuesday. Matillion, dual-headquartered in Altrincham…

Shares of Bolton-based online electrical retailer AO World fell about 7% on Tuesday after it said problems in its European business have been overshadowing growth in…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF on Monday issued a trading update for its financial year ended April 30, 2019, following the company’s IPO on March…

Liverpool-based bargain retailer Matalan said its revenue rose 3.8% to £1.1 billion for the 52 weeks to February 23 and pre-tax profits soared 50% to…

Sheffield-based Benchmark Holdings, the aquaculture health, genetics and nutrition firm, said in a trading update its first half revenue rose 3.4% to £78.3 million. Benchmark said…

Shares of Greater Manchester-based healthcare and industrial adhesives firm Scapa Group fell 47% on Monday after it said a contract worth $30 million a year had been…

The board of Hull-based communications firm KCOM Group said on Monday it will recommend a £563 million offer from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)…

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) said it signed new operating contracts with French utility Suez for the management of Greater Manchester’s waste and resources following an 18…

The mayors of Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region have called on the UK’s Transport Secretary to terminate Northern Rail’s franchise as soon as possible….

Shares of Carlisle-based aviation, biomass energy and civil engineering firm Stobart Group — still recovering from recent boardroom battles — rose more than 10% on Wednesday after…

Renold plc, the Manchester-based industrial chain and power transmission firm, said on Tuesday its underlying revenue grew 6.1% to £202.4 million in the year to March 31, 2019,…

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc said on Tuesday it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Equinor and National Grid Ventures committing to…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International Plc confirmed on Tuesday it has sold the freehold to its logistics HQ at Shirebrook near Mansfield to Malaysia’s Employees…

Manchester-based Co-op Group said on Tuesday it raised £300 million via a sterling-denominated “Sustainability Bond.” The five-year bond was priced at 5.125% and was two times…

Macclesfield-based engineering and thermal processing giant Bodycote said on Friday it enjoyed excellent growth in civil aerospace revenue in the first four months of 2019, “offset…

Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems firm Polypipe said on Thursday it made an encouraging start to the year with group revenue for the four months ended…

Salford-based broadband giant TalkTalk Telecom Group said on Thursday its revenue for the year to March 31 slipped 1.3% to £1.63 billion and it reduced…

Liverpool-based bargain retailer B&M European Value Retail said its revenues increased 17.1% to £3.48 billion and profit before tax rose 8.7% to £249.4 million for the…

Manchester-based investment firm AJ Bell said on Thursday its revenue rose 17% to £50.1 million and profit before tax rose 27% to £17.7 million in…

Warrington-based United Utilities, the UK’s largest listed water company, said its revenue rose £83 million to £1.8 billion and underlying profit before tax rose £90 million to…