Business Insights

Surge in retail merger and acquisitions

Retail sector merger and acquisitions jumped by 15% over the last 12 months, as firms look to tackle slowing sales, new research shows.

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Northern industry sectors outperform rest of UK

Minimal levels of economic growth in the first quarter failed to stem a rising trend in insolvencies across the Midlands, new data shows.

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Yorkshire manufacturers show signs of improvement

Insolvency risk levels among Yorkshire’s manufacturing firms remained high in April, but month‐on‐ month rates slowed, according to new figures.

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Minimal economic growth fails to curb first quarter insolvencies

Minimal levels of economic growth in the first quarter failed to stem a rising trend in insolvencies across the Midlands, new data shows.

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Number of businesses being dissolved rises

A rising number of company dissolutions took place in the first quarter of 2018 when compared to 12 months ago, new data shows.

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