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Manchester United plc said it has made two further changes to its executive leadership as the new era under co-owner Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos continues…

Shares of Wakefield-based greeting card and gift retailer Card Factory rose as much as 9% after the firm reported that its revenue rose 10.3% to £510.9…

Wetherby-based life sciences company Avacta Group announced that Christina Coughlin has been appointed as its new CEO, effective May 1, 2024, and that after 19 years as CEO, Alastair…

Shares of James Cropper plc, the Kendal-based advanced materials and paper & packaging firm, rose as much 26% to around £3.33 after it published an unaudited…

Northcoders Group plc, the provider of digital, software and coding training programmes, said its 2023 revenue rose to a record £7.1 million, increasing 27% from £5.6 million…

Bradford-based supermarket giant Morrisons said it successfully closed the sale to Motor Fuel Group (MFG) of 337 Morrisons’ petrol forecourts and more than 400 associated sites for electric…

Manchester-based household products firm McBride said on Tuesday it anticipates that its full-year adjusted operating profit will be 10% ahead of current market expectations. The company-compiled…

Chester-based GB Group (GBG), experts in digital location, identity verification and identity fraud software, announced the appointment of Michelle Senecal de Fonseca as a new…

Manchester-based clothing and footwear digital retailer N Brown Group announced that Ron McMillan will retire as chair and step down from the board with effect from April…

ITM Power, the Sheffield-based green hydrogen and energy storage firm, has announced a partnership with Oxford-based Hygen to be its preferred supplier for Proton Exchange Membrane…

York-based house building giant Persimmon plc said in an AGM statement that it traded in line with expectations during the first quarter of 2024, delivering a…

Shares of Manchester-based Genedrive rose as much as 7% after it announced it entered into a clinical trial agreement with a “leading multi-state physician organisation” in…

Croda International, the Snaith, East Yorkshire-based FTSE 100 speciality chemicals giant, said it recorded first-quarter sales of £409 million for the first three months of 2024,…

Manchester consumer products company PZ Cussons — maker of Carex and Imperial Leather — published a trading update for its third quarter ended March 2, 2024, and…

Merseyside-based Vimto and soft drinks firm Nichols plc published a trading update for the three months to March 31, 2024, to coincide with the company’s…

Shares of York-based online musical equipment retailer Gear4music rose as much as 6% after it announced a board succession plan and published a year-end trading update…

Leeds-based Jet2 plc forecast a 33% rise in annual profit and said 55% of seats were sold for the 2024 summer season amid strong forward bookings for…

Shares of Chester-based GB Group (GBG), experts in global identity and location software, rose as much as 15% after it published an update on trading…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc rose as much as 5% after it said its group continuing revenue rose 4.5% to £455.4 million…

The Port of Blyth has announced “record financial performance” for the third consecutive year. Group turnover grew to £31.5 million, with operating profit and profit…

JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, said it has proposed to acquire Alabama-based athletic fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion in cash….

Premium serviced office provider Gilbanks has signed a deal for 34,000 sq ft of office space at No.1 St Michael’s, the £400 million development in Manchester…

Manchester-based housing association Great Places Housing Group announced that Savills Financial Consultants has helped the group secure three new funding deals worth a total of £284…

Leeds-based supermarket giant Asda said its 2023 adjusted EBITDA after rent, its preferred profit measure, rose 24% to £1.08 billion as its total sales, excluding fuel, climbed…

Hines, the global real estate investor and manager, has agreed to forward fund the development of a £120 million 519-unit residential scheme in central Newcastle…

Mutually-owned Coventry Building Society and Manchester-based Co-operative Bank announced on Thursday afternoon that “non-binding heads of terms have been agreed for a potential acquisition of…

Shares of LBG Media plc, the Manchester-based parent of “youth publisher” Ladbible Group, rose as much as 10% after it published results for the year…

Carlisle-based agriculture and engineering firm Carr’s Group announced that it is “running a process to explore options to maximise shareholder value” for its engineering division….

AJ Bell, the Salford investment platform giant, said its customer numbers increased by 19,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2024, taking total customers through…

Shares of Liverpool-based Surface Transforms, makers of carbon fibre reinforced ceramic automotive brake discs, fell another 18% to a mere 3p after it responded to…

Shares of Severfield, the Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based steel group, rose as much as 14% as the firm published a strong trading update for the year ended…

Shares of Wilmslow-based fashion firm Sosandar plc — run by former magazine publishers Ali Hall and Julie Lavington — fell more than 10% after it published…

Warrington-based water giant United Utilities has announced board changes. The firm said that after seven years on the board, Paulette Rowe, independent non-executive director and…

James Fisher and Sons plc, the Barrow-in-Furness marine engineering firm, said its 2023 revenue grew 3.8% to £496.2 million, driven by 9.9% revenue growth in…

More than 4,800 start-up firms were launched in the North East of England over the last quarter, according to new research from R3, the UK’s insolvency…

Henry Boot, the Sheffield-based property investment group, announced that its land promotion business Hallam Land Management (HLM) has unconditionally exchanged contracts for the sale of 494…

Liverpool-based FTSE 100 firm B&M European Value Retail S.A. has published a trading update for the 53 week financial reporting period to March 30, 2024. B&M said…

Wakefield-based Team17 Group, a developer of video games and educational entertainment apps, said its 2023 revenues grew 12% to £159.1 million but adjusted profit before…

Global asset management giant Blackstone has been selected to purchase the former Britishvolt site near Blyth in Northumberland — where it proposes to build what could become…

Liverpool City Region Life Sciences Investment Zone has officially launched in a move that could pave the way for up to £800 million of public…

Manchester industrial chain and power transmission firm Renold plc said its results for the full year are now expected to be materially ahead of current market…

More than 61 million passengers travelled through Manchester Airports Group (MAG) airports in the 12 months to the end of March — up 13.4% year-on-year….

Yorkshire Building Society has defended its remuneration package for new chief executive Susan Allen by saying a big one-off payment included in her £4.046 million…

The Handbag Clinic, the Newcastle-based luxury handbag restoration and preowned designer bag retailer, has announced a partnership with Selfridges Oxford Street in London. The Handbag Clinic said…

Liverpool-based online retail and financial services firm The Very Group, owned by the Barclay family, said it has promoted its retail managing director Robbie Feather to…

Speedy Hire plc, the Newton-le-Willows-based tools and equipment hire firm, said its total group revenue fell 5% to £420 million for the year to March…

Shares of Manchester-based consumer brands giant THG plc fell as much as 8% after it announced revenue fell 8.4% to £2.045 billion in the year…

Liverpool-based TJ Morris, the family firm behind discount chain Home Bargains, reported an increase in turnover from £3.4 billion to £3.7 billion in the year to…

York-based Animalcare Group plc, the international animal health business, said its revenues grew 3.8% to £74.4 million in the year to December 31, 2023, and…

Leeds-based engineering services group Renew Holdings announced that its subsidiary Carnell Group Holdings Ltd has acquired Route One Holdings (Wakefield) Ltd for an enterprise value of…

Shares of Liverpool-based Surface Transforms, makers of carbon fibre reinforced ceramic automotive brake discs, fell about 35% to 6p after the firm updated investors on…

Towns and villages in the Lake District have become the first in England to benefit as the UK government delivers on its plan to improve…

York-based life sciences firm Aptamer Group plc announced it has filed a patent application to protect its recently developed Optimer binder sequences for novel applications…

Liverpool-based Peel Ports Group, the UK’s second-largest port operator, is inviting contractors to submit bids for two new frameworks covering a “major long-term programme of…

London-listed Global Ports Holding plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, announced it has signed a 50-year agreement with Peel Ports Group subsidiary,…

Manchester-based Co-op Group said its 2023 profit before tax fell almost 90% to £28 million as the mutual’s group revenue fell £200 million to £11.3…

British Steel said it has been granted planning permission to build an Electric Arc Furnace at its Teesside plant – a key milestone in its…

British Steel said it has won a major multi million pound contract to supply rail for a landmark new route in North Africa. In total,…

Shares of Manchester-based Genedrive, a “point of care pharmacogenetic testing company,” rose as much as 50% after it announced news from the UK’s National Institute for…

The Lakes Distillery Company plc of Cumbria — an English distiller of single malt whisky and other premium spirits — said it agreed a recommended cash…

In another blow to the London Stock Exchange, Cheshire-based Redx Pharma announced it plans to de-list from AIM and re-register as a private limited company. Redx chair…