Alliance Disposables has announced the relocation of its wholesale business to a larger 15,000 sq ft unit on the Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate in Leeds. 21-Feb-2013
HEROtsc, the call centre operator with 6,000 staff in the Dearne Valley, Derby, Dunoon, Falkirk, Glasgow, Greenock, Kilmarnock, Rothesay and Warrington, has been acquired by Webhelp Group of France. 20-Feb-2013
DM Keith has acquired the Royce Roberts Skoda car dealership in Hull for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 17 staff. 20-Feb-2013
Barber Harrison & Platt has merged with Barron & Barron to create a combined business advisory group with 216 staff in Chesterfield, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield and York. 20-Feb-2013
Atteys is seeking a buyer to secure the future of 140 jobs at its law offices in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. 19-Feb-2013
Sanderson Weatherall has acquired Edwards & Partners, the leisure property valuation agency with offices in Yorkshire and Devon. 19-Feb-2013
Wren Kitchens is to invest a further £5m in the expansion of its furniture factory in Scunthorpe this year, with the creation of 100 jobs. 18-Feb-2013
Congregational & General is planning to expand the 75-strong workforce at its Bradford-based insurance business with ten new jobs this year. 18-Feb-2013
Airedale Group, the Bradford-based catering equipment supplier, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Baker Tilly Corporate Finance. 18-Feb-2013
HL Legal Solicitors has bought the business and assets of Incasso from the administrators of Cobbetts, saving 52 jobs at its Leeds-based debt recovery business. 18-Feb-2013
Expert Logistics is setting up a home delivery depot on a 1.3-acre site in Garforth, Leeds, with the creation of 70 jobs. 18-Feb-2013
Communisis is raising £20m in a share placing to secure the future and fund growth at its printing and marketing operations in Leeds and Lisburn. 18-Feb-2013
Cosalt, the Grimsby-based offshore services group, is to go into administration, but 300 jobs will be saved through the sale of its main trading divisions. 18-Feb-2013
Rotherham Council is considering plans from Budenny for the conversion of a warehouse at Cortonwood into six retail units, with the creation of 250 jobs. 18-Feb-2013
First Stop News has acquired Maynews for undisclosed terms, and will re-brand the York-based chain of 20 newsagents as Supernews. 14-Feb-2013
Bezier has appointed Deloitte as administrator to its printing operation, casting doubt on the future of up to 400 jobs in Wakefield and Leicester. 14-Feb-2013
Republic, the Leeds-based chain of 121 fashion stores, is to go into administration through Ernst & Young. 13-Feb-2013
Alstoe Animal Health, the York-based veterinary pharmaceuticals firm with 20 staff, has been acquired by Sogeval of France for undisclosed terms. 13-Feb-2013
Screen Yorkshire is looking to invest an additional £3.5m in new TV and film projects this year. 13-Feb-2013
Parfitts Bakery & Confectioners has gone into liquidation through DL Partnership with the loss of 63 jobs at its Huddersfield-based chain of seven bakery outlets. 13-Feb-2013
AFI has acquired Wilson Access Hire, the Leeds-based equipment hire firm with 12 staff. 13-Feb-2013
Jemella Group, the Leeds-based supplier of hair styling equipment trading as GHD, has been acquired by Lion Capital for £300m. 12-Feb-2013
Rosemont, the Leeds-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 209 staff, has been sold by CBPE Capital to Perrigo Company of the US for £180m. 12-Feb-2013
Dong Energy is looking to set up a new wind farm operations and maintenance centre in Grimsby, with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 11-Feb-2013
Walker Morris has acquired a 27-strong banking litigation team in Leeds from Cobbetts. 11-Feb-2013
Wosskow Brown Solicitors is to open two new personal injury claims offices in Sheffield and Harrow by March. 11-Feb-2013
Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield is planning a multi-million pound expansion programme, including new seating and concourse facilities. 11-Feb-2013
Cummins Turbo Technologies is to shed up to 25 of the 1,000 jobs at its factory in Huddersfield. 11-Feb-2013
Severn Trent has sold Severn Trent Analytical Services, the provider of wastewater and land testing services with sites in Wakefield, Coventry and Runcorn, to ALS of Australia. 11-Feb-2013
Neptune Renewable Energy, the Hull-based tidal energy developer, has gone into administration. 11-Feb-2013
ECUS is looking to double the 20-strong workforce at its Sheffield-based environmental consultancy and open new regional offices. 11-Feb-2013
Tyres on the Drive is to expand its mobile tyre-fitting service with two new depots in Wakefield and Birmingham. 11-Feb-2013
Sumo is planning to expand its agricultural equipment factory in East Yorkshire by 32,000 sq ft, with the creation of 16 jobs. 07-Feb-2013
City of York Council is to consider plans for the development of a training centre for the poultry industry on a farm three miles from York city centre, with the creation of up to 23 jobs. 07-Feb-2013
Ingenuity Digital Holdings has acquired NetConstruct, the Wetherby-based web design company, for undisclosed terms. 06-Feb-2013
Chameleon Business Interiors is to merge with iGSG Group to create a combined Hull-based fit-out group called ISIS Commercial Environments with 17 staff. 06-Feb-2013
Manrochem, the Huddersfield-based process engineering firm with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 06-Feb-2013
Abbeydale Foods has bought Pie Toms, the West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of own-label peas with ten staff. 06-Feb-2013
Networx of Leeds is looking to expand its online recruitment system across the country, with the creation of up to ten jobs. 05-Feb-2013
Hewlett Civil Engineering has been sold out of administration to a management team, securing about 300 jobs in Leeds, Leamington Spa and Perth. 04-Feb-2013
Bytemark Hosting has appointed Sudlows to design and build a new data centre in York. 04-Feb-2013
AMT Coffee is looking to expand its chain of 65 coffee outlets with new sites in Yorkshire and across the country. 04-Feb-2013
Cranswick Country Foods is to set up a new meat packing plant at William Wright Dock in Hull in March, with the creation of 100 jobs. 31-Jan-2013
Selby District Council is to consider plans from LDP to build a 20MW renewable energy plant at Riccall Business Park, while REG Bio Power is seeking permission for a biofuel plant in Cliffe Common. 31-Jan-2013
Thebigword is creating up to 92 jobs at its Leeds-based translation services business, with vacancies in IT, customer services and logistics. 30-Jan-2013
Hewlett Civil Engineering of Leeds has gone into administration through BDO, casting doubt on the future of up to 300 jobs. 30-Jan-2013
DBL Logistics is investing £2m in a new 33,000 sq ft distribution centre on Tinsley Park Road in Sheffield. 30-Jan-2013
AdviserPlus is planning to create 50 new jobs at its administrative outsourcing business in Shipley and Wirral this year. 29-Jan-2013
Naylor Industries, the building materials manufacturer with 230 staff in Yorkshire, the West Midlands and Fife, has undergone a management buy-out backed by YFM Equity Partners. 29-Jan-2013
David Brown is to shed 75 of the 450 jobs at its gears factory in Huddersfield. 28-Jan-2013
Tradpack, the Leeds-based packaging and waste recycling group, has undergone a pre-pack administration through Wilson Field. 24-Jan-2013
Intrasource is expanding the 50-strong workforce at its East Yorkshire-based IT support business with up to 25 new jobs. 24-Jan-2013
James Durrans & Sons is to open a new 11,000 sq ft headquarters for the 40 staff in its carbon materials business at Penistone in South Yorkshire later this year. 24-Jan-2013
CBRE is to relocate about 60 Leeds-based staff to a new office at Toronto Square in April. 23-Jan-2013
Dignity has acquired Yew Holdings, the Beverley-based operator of 40 funeral homes with 250 staff, for £58m. 23-Jan-2013
Lawrence Scoffield has demerged its general insurance business, which will now trade as Lawrence Fraser Brokers from offices in Leeds and London. 23-Jan-2013
Keighley Laboratories is investing more than £1m in a new 5,000 sq ft heat treatment facility near its main site in West Yorkshire, and expects to increase the 65-strong workforce. 22-Jan-2013
Leeds & Partners is looking to create up to 7,000 new jobs by attracting healthcare companies to Leeds over the next 15 years. 22-Jan-2013
Surgical Innovations is planning to set up a £8.7m keyhole surgery research and clinical training centre in the Leeds area by 2015, with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 21-Jan-2013
Liverpool Victoria is to expand its LV insurance call centre in Huddersfield with 120 new jobs over the next 15 months. 21-Jan-2013
Eclipse Legal Systems is expanding the 120-strong workforce at its Bradford-based software business with 12 new jobs. 21-Jan-2013
JM Packaging is to invest £1m in a new office and warehouse facility in Malton this year. 21-Jan-2013
MS3 is planning to expand the workforce at its new telecoms office in Hull from eight to 40 over the next 18 months. 17-Jan-2013
Viridor has shed 30 of the 79 jobs at its Salmon Pastures waste recycling plant in Sheffield. 17-Jan-2013
Secure Trust Bank has acquired Debt Managers, the Rotherham-based debt collection firm with 76 staff, for an initial £0.4m. 16-Jan-2013
Shanks Group and Babcock Southern have won a £750m waste management contract from Wakefield Council that will involve the construction of a new processing plant at South Kirkby and 60 new jobs. 15-Jan-2013
Vertu Motors has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Keighley, West Yorkshire, for £1.1m. 15-Jan-2013
Monarch Airlines is expecting up to 200 new jobs to be created when it establishes a new base at Leeds Bradford Airport this year. 14-Jan-2013
The Consulting Consortium is looking to create up to 30 jobs at its new financial services consultancy office in Leeds this year. 14-Jan-2013
Winder Power, the Leeds-based manufacturer of power distribution equipment with 100 staff, has undergone a £6m management buy-out backed by Enterprise Ventures. 14-Jan-2013
Britannia Developments, the West Yorkshire-based housebuilder with 23 staff, has gone into administration through Deloitte. 14-Jan-2013
Good Energy has acquired the Hampole wind farm site near Doncaster from RWE Npower Renewables for up to £3m, and aims to complete construction by the end of the year. 14-Jan-2013
Norbert Dentressangle is to conduct a review of the non-contractual packing operation at its site in Grimsby, casting doubt on the future of up to 25 jobs. 08-Jan-2013
Woollons & Harwood is to close its gift shops in Thirsk and Helmsley, as well as a warehouse in Malton, with the loss of 14 jobs. 07-Jan-2013
Lightwater Valley has won permission for the £5m expansion of its theme park and shopping village near Ripon by 2014, with the creation of 34 jobs. 07-Jan-2013
Paragon Entertainment is planning to set up a number of Hammer House of Horror visitor attractions in Whitby and elsewhere. 07-Jan-2013
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is to outsource the laundry service at Airedale Hospital, casting doubt on the future of up to 30 jobs. 03-Jan-2013
Bond Offshore Helicopters is to create up to 15 jobs at Humberside Airport, having won a £37m contract with Perenco Oil & Gas. 03-Jan-2013
EMSc UK is to set up a research and development centre for voltage optimisation technology at its new 24,000 sq ft site in Sheffield. 02-Jan-2013
Wrigleys Solicitors is expanding its Leeds office into an additional 9,800 sq ft at Cookridge Chambers. 02-Jan-2013
Altrika, the Sheffield-based biotechnology firm, has been sold by Ilika to Adiposet for £0.1m. 31-Dec-2012
Brewin Dolphin is closing its investment management office in Bradford, with the transfer of five staff to Leeds. 31-Dec-2012
Cromwell Polythene of Leeds has sold its Cromwell Recycling division to a new company called Leopard Recycling. 31-Dec-2012
Prospect GB has announced the letting of 11,000 sq ft at its Don Valley business park in Sheffield to Firth Rixson, while Skills for Justice has taken 12,000 sq ft. 20-Dec-2012
Welcom Software is looking to create 20 new jobs at its EibDigital web development business in Harrogate. 18-Dec-2012
Furniture123, the Leeds-based online furniture retailer with annual sales of £2.2m, has been acquired by Buy It Direct. 18-Dec-2012
JF Finnegan has secured funding of £6m to develop a new data centre at Sheffield Parkway Business Park, and discussions are taking place with potential occupiers. 18-Dec-2012
Liverpool Victoria is to expand the 225-strong workforce at its LV car insurance office in Huddersfield with 30 new jobs. 17-Dec-2012
Vion UK has sold its pork division to a management team backed by private equity firm Endless, securing 4,000 jobs at sites in Malton, Wiveliscombe, Haverhill, Hull, Scunthorpe, Stoke, Enfield and Cookstown. 17-Dec-2012
Vertu Motors has acquired the Nidd Vale Vauxhall car dealership in Harrogate for £0.8m, securing the future of 51 jobs, and will relocate the business to Knaresborough. 17-Dec-2012
Wensleydale Creamery has won planning permission to build a new multi-million pound cheese production plant at its site in Hawes, North Yorkshire. 13-Dec-2012
Pets at Home has acquired Ride-Away, the York-based equestrian supplier with a 15,000 sq ft store and catalogue business, for £6.7m. 13-Dec-2012
Beal Homes is to relocate its Hull-based housebuilding business and 35 staff to a £1.5m 11,000 sq ft office at the Bridgehead Business Park late next year. 13-Dec-2012
City of York Council has secured a £1.6m lottery grant to set up a new archive centre at the York Explore Library Learning Centre by 2014. 13-Dec-2012
DLA Design Group is to relocate its architectural design business and 74 staff from Wakefield to a 10,000 sq ft office on St Pauls Street in Leeds early next year. 13-Dec-2012
Xercise 4 Less is to create 60 jobs at a new 30,000 sq ft budget gym due to open in Hull in January. 12-Dec-2012
JCT600 is to expand its Audi and VW dealerships in Hull with a £2.5m investment in a new 3.4-acre site. 11-Dec-2012
Tesco is to build a new store at Omega Boulevard in Doncaster, with the creation of 130 jobs. 10-Dec-2012
XeraCarb is to set up a ceramic composites factory in South Yorkshire, with the creation of an initial ten jobs. 10-Dec-2012
Nidd Vale Motors, the Harrogate-based chain of three car dealerships with 103 staff, has gone into administration through Leonard Curtis. 06-Dec-2012