Boohoo’s biggest shareholder, Frasers Group, has demanded to know why Umar Kamani – son of the fashion giant Mahmud Kamani – is receiving an annual payment of £2m+ for ‘consultancy services’.

Leeds-headquartered tech consultancy BJSS is to be taken over by North American counterpart CGI. BJSS, founded in 1993 and led by managing director Mike Buck, employs 2,400 highly skilled consultants and professionals.

Women’s business network AllBright entered administration just six years after a £13m investment valued it at £100m.

THG CEO Matt Moulding has tipped the online retailer to have a ‘remarkable 2025’ despite a slight fall in sales for the fourth quarter of 2024. The entrepreneur said the Manchester-headquartered firm was well placed following the demerger of THG Ingenuity from the profitable THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

The boss of a Durham-based tech firm has spoken of their ‘disappointment’ after Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones pulled out of a planned investment. Millions of viewers saw AI-powered video editing technology firm Choppity at the centre of a three-way bidding war when the firm appeared on the hit BBC show recently.

HSBC is to wind down its investment banking arms in the UK, Europe & US. The bank is overhauling its dealmaking and corporate advisory activities in the West to accelerate its focus on its more profitable operations in Asia.

Steph Houghton MBE has won most things in her glittering career – and now she’s added BusinessCloud’s Northern Leaders Overall Award to her collection. The former England and Manchester City captain walked away with the main award at the inaugural Northern Leaders Awards.

Administrators have been appointed to London FinTech Contis Financial Services, with all customer accounts immediately frozen.

Raspberry Pi’s CEO says he is ‘proud’ after the company reported EBITDA of around £29m for the 12 months to 31st December 2024, its first annual results as a listed company.

Jordan Brompton, co-founder of Grimsby-based GreenTech firm myenergi, has announced she’s stepping down from her day-to-day role. The decision to step down after eight years comes just days after Brompton won the Northern Leaders’ Business Champion Award for Yorkshire & Humberside. The firm also revealed a new CEO in Andrew Clint.

Future plc turned to its former CTO to replace its current CEO. The Bath-headquartered media giant saw its share price plunge when the planned departure of Jon Steinberg was announced last year, but it has since recovered. Kevin Li Ying joined the firm more than 20 years ago and, according to the company, has been a key contributor to its successful transformation from a traditional print publisher into a leading global digital media platform.

Financial advisory firm Evelyn Partners has appointed Bahador Mahvelati – known as Bids – as its new COO. Mahvelati will join Evelyn Partners in March from PwC UK, where he is a strategy and operations partner.