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Leeds-based transport data analytics firm Tracsis plc said on Wednesday its revenue is expected to have increased by 19% to over £81.5 million in the year ended…

Sheffield-based affordable house builder Gleeson Homes announced the appointment of Steve McElroy to the newly created role of group sales director. McElroy has worked in the housebuilding…

Salford-based housing association Salix Homes said it has secured a £120 million refinancing deal with NatWest. “The deal means we can deliver the ambitions set…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc, which has agreed to a cash takeover offer worth about £504.2 million or £1.30 a share or from Canadian car dealer network…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, announced that its non-executive chair Chris Bell has decided to step down from his…

Shares of Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma rose as much as 20% after it announced that zelasudil (RXC007), an oral, selective Rho Associated Coiled-Coil Containing Protein…

Sheffield-based Fulcrum Utility Services Limited has announced plans to delist from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange for reasons including “the significant cost ……

Sheffield-based “equipment monitoring and data analytics business” Tan Delta announced the admission of its entire share capital to trading on the AIM Market of the…

The Leeds-based £58 billion Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, the largest UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) pool, has launched a new £700 million Emerging…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda has reported a 9.6% increase in like-for-like sales during the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same period a year earlier…

Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, said its revenue rose 2% to £354.1 million for the six months ended June 30,…

A major study by the Manchester-based Co-op Group and children’s charity Barnardo’s has found that young people are “turning away from higher education” as the…

ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, has announced a non-binding heads of terms agreement for the sale of Motive Fuels Ltd. ITM…

AssetCool, a thermal metaphotonics company spun out of the University of Manchester, has completed a £2.25 million Series A Funding round. The largest capital commitment…

Manchester-based Co-operative Bank has announced an agreement to acquire Sainsbury’s Bank’s mortgage portfolio. The portfolio comprises 3,500 customers with balances of around £479 million.    Co-operative…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it has provisionally cleared the proposed £1.2 billion cash acquisition of Leeds-based healthcare software and systems firm EMIS…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Thursday it welcomed the UK Government’s support for sustainably sourced biomass and the critical role that Bioenergy…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said its revenue fell about 30% to £1.19 billion and profit before tax plummeted 65% to £151 million for the…

Almost 5,000 people across the Liverpool City Region are set to receive free tablets, internet access and on-line skills training as part of a partnership…

Latest figures for the Liverpool City Region show the visitor economy is now worth over £5 billion — surpassing the pre-pandemic high of £4.98 billion…

Newcastle-based house building giant Bellway said in a trading update its overall reservation rate fell 28.4% to 156 per week and its private reservation rate decreased…

JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, announced it has exercised its rights under a call option and entered into a conditional agreement to…

SIG plc, the Sheffield-based international building materials supplier, reported a revenue rise of 5% to £1.423 billion in the six months to June 30, 2023 “including 3%…

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) said its investments into the local economy have now reached more than £1 billion, resulting in thousands of jobs, new…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced that CEO Peter Page “has agreed with the board that he will not seek re-election at the company’s…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory rose about 17% after it said it expects full year outturn “to be materially ahead of…

Shares of Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group fell about 10% on Friday after it published a trading update for the financial year ending September…

Shares of Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, rose as much as  7% after it published a trading update….

Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group said its first quarter revenue rose 7.9% to £436.8 million in the 16 week period to July…

James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm, announced the appointment of Karen Hayzen-Smith as chief financial officer (CFO). Hayzen-Smith is currently director of…

Altrincham-based “corporate compounder” investment group CorpAcq announced a $1.58 billion deal with Wall Street dealmaker Michael Klein that will see the UK firm join the New York Stock…

Newcastle Building Society said its savings balances grew by £458 million to £4.7 billion in the first half of 2023, while profit before taxation rose to…

Skipton Building Society said its savings balances grew 5.2% to £23.6 billion, group mortgage balances rose 6.8% to £27.2 billion and society membership grew 3.1% to…

Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, announced major board changes as it reported that revenue…

Manchester-based drug discovery company C4X Discovery Holdings plc announced that Indivior will acquire the proprietary rights to C4XD’s oral Orexin-1 receptor antagonist C4X_3256 (INDV-2000) for substance…

Newcastle-based Greggs said its total sales for the 26 weeks to July 1, 2023, rose 21.5% to £844 million and underlying profit before tax excluding…

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) said it has surpassed a “significant milestone” facilitating the investment of more than £1 billion for businesses in the…

Manchester United plc announced it has renewed its principal partnership with Adidas as the club’s official kit supplier. “The new agreement will continue the partnership…

Shares of Marshalls plc, the Elland, West Yorkshire-based stone and landscaping firm, fell as much as 8% on Monday after it said its results in the…

Manchester-based Co-op Bank said its profit before tax was flat at £61.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022, as total income rose 16%…

Leeds Building Society said it enjoyed record savings inflows of £1.4 billion in the first half of 2023, taking total savings balances with the mutual to…

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc said on Thursday it has received an increased cash takeover offer worth £504.2 million or £1.30 a share or from Canadian car dealer…

Bodycote, the Macclesfield-based heat treatment and thermal processing giant, said its revenue rose 17.2% to £420.1 million in the six months to June 30, 2023,…

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group has reported that its adjusted EBITDA (excluding electricity generator lLevy) rose 101% to £453 million in the six months ended…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said on Thursday that its chief financial officer (CFO) Jason Windsor will be leaving the company to become CFO at…

Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said its balances increased by £3.6 billion to £45.6 billion in the six months to June 30, 2023, amid rising interest…

Sage Group plc, the Newcastle-based FTSE 100 global tech business, said its total revenue increased 10% to £1.63 billion in the first nine months of…

Leeds-based transport data analytics firm Tracsis plc announced that Jill Easterbrook will be appointed non-executive chair of the board from September 1, 2023. Easterbrook joined Tracsis as…

Greater Manchester-based Revolution Bars Group plc said its group like-for-like sales were down 8.7% versus pre-Covid levels in the year ended July 2, 2023, “as trading…

LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based parent of Ladbible, announced that company co-founder Arian Kalantari has resigned as chief operating officer (COO) and as a director of…

ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, announced that it intends to collaborate with W. L. Gore & Associates to “further deepen their…

Shares of Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc rose about 5% after it said its revenue increased 6.6% to £85.5 million in the half year…

Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm Yourgene Health plc said on Wednesday it has signed a five-year contract extension with Illumina Inc. “The contract is a restated licence…

Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, announced that Ian Cochrane, an executive director of the company, will leave on September 30, 2023. “He is…

Matt Moulding’s Manchester-based online retailing giant THG plc has agreed to buy London-based business newspaper City AM. Moulding has had a fractious relationship with London’s…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, said its group sales fell 6% on a pro forma basis to £880.9 million…

Northcoders Group plc, the provider of software coding training programmes, announced it has successfully secured further funding from its UK Department for Education Skills Bootcamps Wave 4…

Chester-based price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc said its revenue increased 11% to £213.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2023, and profit…

Hull-based meat processing giant Cranswick said in a first-quarter trading update that revenue in the 13 weeks to June 24, 2023, was 14.7 % ahead…

Durham-based Atom Bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, has announced its first annual operating profit, revenue growth of 62%, and a doubling of savings deposits to £6.6…

Manchester-headquartered international law firm DWF Group plc said it agreed to be acquired by Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP for £342 million or £1 per share,…

Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc said on Friday it sold entertainment products division THG OnDemand to a company led by the unit’s management and…

Harrogate-based equipment rental group Vp plc said a slowdown in housebuilding — where demand has reduced by 10% compared with 2022 — has stabilised at…

Chester-based identity data company GB Group (GBG) said that 57.46% of votes were cast against its directors’ remuneration report at the firm’s AGM on Thursday….

Altrincham-based car dealership Lookers plc said on Thursday it believes that shareholders representing in excess of 25% of the voting rights of the company intend to…

AJ Bell plc, the Salford-based investment platform giant, said in a quarterly trading update its customer numbers increased by 10,606 in the three months ended June…

Cheshire-based NWF Group plc, the business that delivers fuel, food and agricultural feeds across the UK, announced it has acquired the trade and assets of Geoff…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, the developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Peter Whiting, 57, as an independent non-executive…

Shares of ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, rose about 10% after it announce the award of a contract “for the procurement…

Makeup firm Revolution Beauty announced that its CEO Bob Holt and chairman Derek Zissman have agreed to step down from the company as part of…