Newcastle’s Grainger buys £80m Salford development
Newcastle-based Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said it agreed, subject to planning, to acquire a private rented sector (PRS) build-to-rent development at Gore…
Newcastle-based Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, said it agreed, subject to planning, to acquire a private rented sector (PRS) build-to-rent development at Gore…
Shares of troubled sub-prime lender Provident Financial Group rebounded 20% on Friday after it announced it re-hired former executive Chris Gillespie as managing director of its home…
Jet2.com — owned by Leeds-based leisure and logistics firm Dart Group — has announced a major recruitment drive with roadshows taking place across the UK to…
Shares of sub-prime lender Provident Financial plummeted more than 70% after it issued a second profit warning in roughly two months and said its CEO Peter…
York-based house builder Persimmon said its revenue rose 12% to £1.66 billion and profit before tax increased 30% to £457.4 million in the first-half of…
Kellogg’s said it appointed workplace specialist TSK to create its new 46,000-square foot UK headquarters in MediaCityUK in Manchester. “The appointment comes as last month…
Walmart said its Leeds-based subsidiary Asda reported a positive quarterly sales figure for the first time in three years for the April 1 to June 30 period. Asda said…
Manchester-based Lookers plc, the UK’s biggest car dealership, said its revenue increased 5% to £2.46 billion in the six months to June 30, but its share price…
OneAIM, a joint venture between Amec Foster Wheeler and Interserve, has won a four-year £160 million contract to support reprocessing plants and facilities at the…
Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group on Tuesday rejected a merger approach from nightclub company Deltic Group and said it would continue to discuss a £100 million takeover…
Yorkshire & Humber became the fastest growing region in England and Wales in terms of output in July, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional…
Leeds Beckett University said it has received planning permission for its new £75 million Creative Arts building. The university said the 14,500 sq m development…
Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture plunged as much as 7% after it said revenues for the second half of its financial year were 4% lower than the…
Manchester-based Co-operative Bank said on Thursday its losses before tax narrowed to £135.2 million in the six months to June 30, 2017, from £177 million…
International construction firm Mace said it has been appointed as the project manager for the £330 million repair and upgrade project at Manchester’s iconic Town Hall…
Doncaster-based plastic piping and ventilation systems manufacturer Polypipe Group plc said its revenue rose 8.4% to £242 million and profit before tax rose 5.3% to £31.5 million in the six…
Sheffield-based European building products distributor SIG said its statutory revenue rose 4.7% to £1.44 billion in the six months to June 30 but it made a statutory…
Newcastle-based house builder Bellway said in a trading update it expects its housing revenue to increase by more than 13% to £2.5 billion for the…
Shares of Chesire-based Pets At Home, the retailer of pet food, accessories and veterinary services, rose about 8% after it said its revenue grew 5% to…
Leeds Building Society said strong mortgage growth drove a 9% increase in profit before tax to a record £63.2 million in the first half of 2017….
Investment and financial planning group Tilney announced an agreement to acquire the assets of Manchester-based private client investment management and advisory business Midas Investment Management….
Swiss private bank Julius Baer said it is opening new offices in Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow and it has hired a number of experienced relationship…
Shares of Doncaster-based DFS Furniture rose almost 5% after it said it agreed to buy Golborne-based sofa retailer Sofology Limited and announced an agreement to refinance its existing borrowings. DFS…
Liverpool-based B&M European Value Retail said it is acquiring East Yorkshire-based discount convenience retailer Heron Food Group Limited for up to £152 million. Heron operates predominantly…
Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said it increased its core operating profit by 35% to £84.2 million in the first half of 2017 but its profit before…
UPDATE 1 — The North West’s listed companies added £2.1 billion to their stock market values in the second quarter of 2017, according to Deloitte….
Skipton Building Society said it increased its membership by almost 26,000 to more than 886,000 and recorded a 19% increase in underlying group profit before tax…
Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc said it received a conditional proposal from Slug & Lettuce owner Stonegate Pub Company Limited to acquire Revolution “on a recommended…
Chesire-based NWF Group plc, the agricultural and distribution business that delivers feed, food and fuel across the UK, said revenue rose 19.3% to £555.8 million,…
Newcastle-based bakery and “food-on-the-go” retailer Greggs said its sales for the 26 weeks to July 1, 2017, grew 7.3% to £453 million, with like-for-like sales in…
Bradford-based supermarket group Morrisons announced a long-term wholesale supply initiative with convenience retailer McColl’s which it said will take its wholesale supply sales eventually to more than…
UPDATE 2 — Shares of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG rose about 9% after it announced a positive trading update for the three months…
Stobart Group said its aircraft leasing business Propius Limited signed an agreement with a special purpose company managed by GOAL German Operating Aircraft Leasing to…
Wakefield-based Bonmarché, the discount fashion retailer aimed at women over 50, said its total sales for the 13 weeks ended July 1, 2017, increased by…
The Manchester office of private equity firm Endless has backed a management buyout of British upmarket luggage company Antler. Antler CEO David Sharman will continue…
Bradford-based home credit firm Provident Financial said its first half statutory profit before tax fell 45.6% to £90 million amid ongoing problems with its move from using self-employed…
Manchester-based soaps and consumer products company PZ Cussons said its reported revenue fell 1.5% to £809.2 million but statutory profit before tax rose 5% to £88 million…
Newcastle-based Sage Group, the UK’s largest tech company, said it agreed to acquire San Jose-based Intacct Corporation, a provider of cloud financial management products in North America…
UPDATE 1 — Edinburgh and Newcastle-based challenger bank Virgin Money Holdings on Tuesday announced changes to its board and said underlying profit before tax rose 26%…
UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been criticised after supporting London’s multi-billion Crossrail 2 plans just days after hinting that rail electrification plans for northern…
The UK Government unveiled plans to develop a new UK Aviation Strategy as a £1 billion programme to double the size of Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 was…
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International said its reported profit before tax fell 22.2% to £281.6 million in the year ended April 30, 2017, but the firm’s shares…
The Manchester office development 101 Embankment has been sold to M&G Real Estate for £105 million. 101 Embankment, the new headquarters of UK insurer Swinton,…
Shares of Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group fell more than 3% on Wednesday after it said “increases to depreciation and amortisation costs and unrealised…
A £1 billion plan has been unveiled to regenerate Bolton town centre, with Bolton Council promising to provide £100 million of the funding. The council…
Newcastle-based transport group Go-Ahead Group said the Department for Transport (DfT) announced an eight-week extension to its current London Midland franchise, from 15 October to…
Nasdaq-listed Gateshead company Sevcon, which makes components for low carbon vehicles, said it agreed to be acquired by Michigan-based BorgWarner for $22 per share in cash. “The total…
UK companies distributed an all-time record £33.3 billion in dividends in the second quarter, beating the previous record of £29.1 billion set in Q2 last…
Infrastructure and construction group Balfour Beatty said that it was awarded two contracts by High Speed 2 (HS2) — the UK’s planned high speed rail…
UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed plans to extend Britain’s HS2 high speed rail lines from Birmingham to the North-West, East Midlands and Yorkshire. The…
Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool, said it “pressed the button” on the second phase of its expansion programme at the Liverpool2…
Leeds-based Callcredit Information Group reported record results and launched a new identity “designed to position the business for continued growth both in the UK and…
Move over London, Paris and New York — Manchester is catching up fast as an international fashion business hub. Manchester is now home to a…
Leeds-based private equity investor Endless LLP said it acquired a majority stake in Manchester-based business travel management company CTI for an undisclosed sum. The deal,…
Sunderland-based passenger transport giant Arriva — part of Deutsche Bahn — announced it will operate the regional rail transport in the north of the Netherlands for another 15…
Manchester-based communication company Tangerine said that it will place 64% of its shares into an employee ownership trust. The announcement comes as the company celebrates…
Shares of Manchester-based fashion retailer N Brown Group fell almost 4% after it announced that it “identified flaws in certain general insurance products which were…
Leeds-based leisure and logistics firm Dart Group said its revenue rose 23% to £1.73 billion in the year to March 31 but profit before tax fell…
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) said its revenue rose 7.7% to £838.4 million and operating profit before significant items rose 9.1% to £210.2 million in the 12 months ended March…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that the proposed merger between Tesco and Booker is being referred for an in-depth, phase 2 investigation. The CMA said…
Icon Industrial, a logistics-focused joint venture formed by TPG Real Estate and Stoford Developments, said it acquired a 45-acre brownfield site adjacent to Manchester Airport…
Cumbria’s Lake District has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. “Located in northwest England, the English Lake District is a mountainous area, whose valleys have…
Construction and outsourcing firm Carillion said on Monday it appointed Keith Cochrane — former chief executive of Stagecoach and Weir Group — as its interim…
Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a new blueprint for the area’s economic growth setting out how Cheshire and Warrington can double…
Atom bank, the UK’s first digital only bank, has confirmed its future in Durham by signing a 10-year lease on the city’s Rivergreen Centre. Atom…
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that the UK needs to stay inside the single market and customs union until a final Brexit…
The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire has been chosen as Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017. The £100,000 prize that goes with the award…
West Yorkshire-based NG Bailey, the family-owned engineering, IT and facilities services firm, said its sales increased 23% to £500 million and operating profit doubled from £6…
Leaders from the private and public sectors have joined together to launch the Greater Manchester Internationalisation Strategy, a three year framework for action which they…
Construction company Kier has been appointed to build a £70 million private hospital in Manchester for not-for-profit healthcare provider Nuffield Health. The investment by Nuffield…