Greg Wright

The Leeds-based supermarket chain Asda has revealed its underlying earnings increased by a quarter last year as it recorded growth in food and clothing sales.

The UK’s biggest high street banks are set to report lower profits over the start of the year, after a bumper 2023 which saw earnings peak as borrowing costs soared.

PureGym has said it plans to keep expanding with new gyms after opening 40 across the UK over the past year.

Campaigners are calling for a statutory public inquiry into financial misconduct in the UK after a protest march in London highlighted the plight of victims who have been targeted by unscrupulous professional advisers.

The law firm Ward Hadaway aims to achieve turnover of £75m by 2029 as it continues to expand its operations in Yorkshire.

We are all impoverished if financial misconduct goes unpunished, because the lack of deterrence creates an environment where crooks can prosper.

Barclays has reported lower profits for the start of the year, as mortgage lending and deposits dipped and its investment bank was squeezed amid prevailing economic uncertainty.

A Yorkshire MP has said the Government is taking a “much more serious tone” in response to a scandal which has left some of her constituents facing unexpected legal bills running into thousands of pounds.

NatWest Group has revealed its profit slid by more than a quarter at the start of the year, as it becomes the latest high street lender to feel the effects of more competitive savings and mortgage rates.

From his base inside a historic riverside mill complex, James Starkey is helping a host of major brands raise their digital game.