Ex-FTSE 100 director swaps South for North to be Victrex CEO. Dr James Routh will leave AB Dynamics to join Lancashire-based business.
Listed MedTech ousts CEO and chair after share price dip. Jeff Needham and James Barder agree to step down at Surrey-based Futura Medical following conversations with board and largest shareholder.
Andy Burnham unveils 10-year Greater Manchester Strategy. Underground transport services & flagship Piccadilly underground station on cards as Manchester looks to become world’s leading ‘second city’.
Matthew Hirst is building a global energy software giant. CEO of ESG is on a mission to create one of the world’s largest energy software companies.
Steven Bartlett appoints Niki Aryana as FlightStory chairman. Dragon cites personal anecdote from Richard Branson in announcing key hire.
Microsoft COO Cindy Rose named WPP CEO after share price crash. Revealed as successor to outgoing CEO Mark Read following significant fall in firm’s share price.
Rise & fall of Logically as it is sold in pre-pack administration deal. Yorkshire firm which was founded to combat fake news lost contracts with TikTok and Meta.
Octopus Energy eyes £10bn demerger of Kraken. Report suggests that Britain’s biggest energy supplier is plotting to separate fast-growing technology platform away from the group.
Builder.ai fallout continues as 200 UK employees remain unpaid. Startup once valued at £1.1bn which collapsed in May yet to file for bankruptcy in UK, with staff ineligible for government redundancy support.
CEO of Leeds tech firm Tracsis steps down after 6 years. Listed transport tech business welcomes new CEO from fellow Yorkshire firm Ovarro.
LADbible founder’s new venture raises £5m & makes swoop. Global innovation agency Plus1 Assembly, created by four key figures including Arian Kalantari, is now live.
Zopa Bank expands to Manchester with new regional office. Digital bank, which doubled profits this year, reveals vision for 500-strong Northern office following launch of flagship bank account.
Key deal set to ‘power growth’ at boohoo parent Debenhams Group. Retail giant announces multi-year partnership with Luxembourg’s Mangopay to upgrade how it handles payments across its online marketplace.
Monzo handed £21m fine as FCA cracks down on financial crime. FinTech giant slapped with fine for series of failings in financial crime control during period when customer base grew tenfold.
Huddled Group signs THG Ingenuity deal. Nottingham eCommerce business also accepts offer of £1.5m cash injection from asset manager Shard Capital Partners.
usecure raises Series A funding after 9 years of bootstrapping. Manchester-based £3m ARR cybersecurity company founded by Charles Preston to expand globally with Kennet Partners investment.