Business

Asda said its operating profit rose 9.2 per cent in 2018 - a year when it unsuccessfully tried to merge with rival Sainsbury’s.

Low-cost housebuilder MJ Gleeson has announced a strong annual performance and said it has decided against selling its strategic land division after the division reported a record year.

Leeds-based CPP Group has landed a deal with the fifth largest bank in China.

All eyes will be on Simon Wolfson on Thursday as the chief executive of Next unveils the high street chain’s latest set of results.

The value of trade between the UK and and the European Union is twice the size of that seen with the United States, new research today shows.

Leeds-based Servo Group is set to create a further 100 jobs in the coming year, as well as hitting a £10 million turnover.

It stands on an estate once let to the Earl of Northumberland during the reign of Henry VI.

Should I ditch my high-street bank for a mobile app?

Dear Gareth,

I’ve had a current account with the same high-street provider for 30 years. Everywhere I look, I see adverts for banks that have no branches, and are operated by a mobile app. Should I switch?

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Aristotle’s quip that “good habits formed at youth make all the difference” should certainly apply to handling money and its application in life. Yet to judge by the high proportion that does not understand financial planning by adulthood, our educational system is letting children down.

The owner of Yorkshire dining institution The Box Tree has said “the time is right” for he and his wife to walk away after 15 years in charge.

Yorkshire is opening more breweries than anywhere else in the UK as the region’s beer scene continues to thrive.

Over three quarters of young people do not know what an engineer does, according to new research.

A £35m project to build apartments and offices in the centre of York is taking shape with the concrete and steel frames now being erected.

Pub group J D Wetherspoon reported a higher annual pretax profit this morning as more people visited its pubs even though overall consumer confidence and spending came under pressure due to Brexit uncertainties.