‘Robust performance’ for Card Factory despite challenging environment
Wakefield’s Card Factory has bucked the challenging high street environment and delivered a rise in revenue and sales growth.
For the year ended 31 January...
Trio of contract wins for Bradford cyber security specialist
ECSC, the Bradford-based provider of cyber security services, has secured new services contracts with two household name retailers and a technology provider.
On a combined...
TransUnion completes sale of Noddle to Credit Karma
Leeds-based TransUnion has completed the sale of Noddle, its credit reporting and monitoring service, to Credit Karma, after securing FCA approval.
TransUnion acquired Noddle in...
£22k grant funding for Yorkshire construction company
TimberTight, a Cleckheaton-based construction company, has secured £22,247 from AD:VENTURE, the ERDF funded programme supporting start-ups throughout the Leeds City Region.
Gordon Lorimer from TimberTight...
Yorkshire valves specialist secures independent with secondary buyout
The management team of Leengate Valves in Alfreton has completed a buyout of its private equity partner, YFM Equity Partners.
The deal allows the management...
Late payments drive more than 1,000 firms out of business
Almost 115,000 businesses waited an average of 57 days for payment in 2018 with more than 1,000 of them becoming insolvent as a result,...
KIllgerm Group offloads TravelWise to French company
Yorkshire’s Killgerm Group has sold its entire shareholding in Ilkley-based TravelWise Group to French company Travel Planet.
As part of their international expansion Travel Planet...
Substantial growth for Sheffield’s Sumo Digital
New clients and acquisitions have helped drive profitability at Sheffield-based indie video games maker, Sumo Group.
For the year ended 31 December 2018, adjusted revenue...
Channel 4 invests in Leeds documentary maker
Channel 4 has taken a minority investment in True Vision Yorkshire, an independent Leeds-based documentary maker led by producer/director Anna Hall.
True Vision Yorkshire is...
Record sales for Sheffield rooftop safety specialist
Sheffield-based rooftop safety specialist, Roofco, is experiencing soaring sales and is on target to smash its annual financial projections by 40%.
In the first six...
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He said ministers were determined to make...
