Leeds-based private equity firm, Endless, has today confirmed it has reached an agreement to sell Hovis Group to Associated British Foods plc (ABF). Completion of the transaction – which is ...

The UK’s largest bioethanol plant, based in Lincolnshire, is set to close with the loss of 160 jobs after the government refused to offer financial support. Vivergo Fuels, owned by Associated ...

Boxphish – a Leeds-headquartered human risk management platform – has signed a long-term lease on new city centre office space. The BGF-backed business moved into Riverside House earlier this ...

The Vivergo Fuels bioethanol plant, in Saltend Chemicals Park, near Hull, is to close down after it was confirmed that it will not receive a rescue package from the government. Owners of the plant ...

A South West firm whose technology helps keep vessels safe in international waters has been acquired by an international maritime intelligence group. Poole-based Clearwater Dynamics, a specialist ...

Birmingham City University’s Education and Teacher Training provision has a new home following an £11m refurbishment from Overbury. The contractor led the refurb of the Benjamin Zephaniah ...

Blackpool’s £21m multiplex cinema, which boasts one of the largest IMAX screens in the North West, will change hands tomorrow. The Backlot Cinema opened last March and was built as part of the ...

Solihull-headquartered Secure Trust Bank (STB) has had a strong increase in profits in its first half while also deciding to stop lending via its motor finance division. Financial highlights from ...

US-listed real estate investment trust (REIT) WP Carey has bought two UK supermarket properties for £51m (€59m). The assets, in Loughborough and Ilkeston, each include a supermarket and petrol ...

Workspace provider Patch is to open a 17,000 sq ft base at The Forum in Gloucester – the recently completed landmark development’s second occupier to be announced. Patch Gloucester will be the ...

One of the UK’s leading providers of integrated airside systems has signed its first deal in the North East with Tees Valley Combined Authority (TCVA). Worth nearly £1m, the contract will see ...

Navigator is restructuring its UK manufacturing operationsTissues manufacturer plans new Leicester site despite North West job losses ...