Business Up North

Paragon ID, a trading name of BemroseBooth Paragon, the smart ticketing and print solution specialist for the mass transit sector, has secured a multi-six...

Lancashire PR consultancy, Catapult PR, is celebrating reaching the finals of two different award schemes, with a total of four shortlistings in total.

Tees Valley based online marketing specialist, Forrest Digital, is increasing its turnover by 30% following the acquisition of a neighbouring digital marketing agency. The company...

Kirwans law firm has made a number of promotions across its Liverpool, Wirral and Southport offices.

Leeds-based Unity Enterprise has formed a partnership with iota Business to launch an incubator scheme to propel some of the city’s aspiring entrepreneurs to commercial success. Office space and meetings rooms will be provided at Unity Business Centre in Chapeltown, together with access to mentors and specialist support services including marketing. The initiative will be chiefly targeted at new start-ups and home-based businesses seeking to expand.

Investment platform AJ Bell is to recruit 200 staff at its Salford Quays headquarters this year, increasing its workforce based there to 700. The demand for new staff is being fuelled by continued business growth along with the move of the company’s stockbroking business from Tunbridge Wells.

Skinny Tan, the celebrity endorsed fake tan start-up that raised £60,000 on Dragons' Den, has chosen Manchester digital marketing agency Return to take charge of its paid search efforts.

With the release of the new Dansk Smykkekunst collection, P&A Agencies has embarked on a huge quest to share the new pieces with its ever-growing customer base with a 900-mile trade show journey, starting in Glasgow for Scotland’s Trade Show and ending in the south for Pure London on 11th to 13th February.

Sugar PR, the Manchester-based public relations company, has been appointed by a Manchester-based personal injury law firm. Pete Davies, managing director of Sugar PR, will lead the account with support from colleagues Sara Walters and Lucia Loi.

Leeds-based Ison Harrison has collaborated with poet Dave Jarman to produce a corporate video with a difference.