Employee-owned law firm Ison Harrison has launched a new office in Penistone, marking its 25th regional branch and its first foothold in South Yorkshire. The expansion into the historic Market Street site follows a period of growth for the firm, which transitioned to a 100% employee-owned model in 2022 and reported revenues surpassing £35 million for 2025.

Young people in the North West are increasingly turning to AI tools and social media to guide their careers, and in some cases replacing advice traditionally provided by parents and teachers, according to a new report published today by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Global programme manager Turner & Townsend has published its annual review for 2025, reporting record revenue growth across its core segments and international markets. The firm expanded its global gross revenue to £5.76 billion, a result driven by organic growth and the integration of CBRE’s project management business.

The share of UK businesses classed as innovation-active fell to 34% in 2022-24, deepening concerns about a long-term decline in business innovation and the country's future competitiveness. This figure compares to 53% just a decade earlier, a drop of 19 percentage points.

The CBI’s Chief Executive, Rain Newton-Smith, will today (Thursday 4th June) tell business leaders and politicians that the UK has the “makings of a true growth story,” but that a record high business tax burden is putting growth, jobs and investment at risk.

The Data City, the Leeds-based economic intelligence company, is expanding into the US after a year of rapid growth driven by demand for AI-ready economic data. The company, which is replacing traditional industrial classification systems with its ‘Industry Engine’ product, said revenue rose 46 per cent to £1.9m in its latest financial year, while headcount increased from 17 to 31 employees.

Who remembers birthday parties in the Seventies with pass the parcel, sleeping lions, musical chairs and, to send your guests home, a lucky dip as they tumbled out the door? No one? Just me then. Fast forward to Monday morning, and I felt a nostalgic buzz of excitement as I rifled through wooden crates full of nondescript packages in Bradford’s Broadway shopping centre.

Firms across the private sector expect activity to fall in the three months to August (weighted balance of -24%), according to the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator. Companies’ expectations are broadly unchanged from April, when the report was last published, and extend a period of negative predictions for growth that began in late 2024.

The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) has stated that BP’s handling of its chair's removal suggests internal governance processes may have functioned exactly as intended under significant pressure. Speculation continues around the sudden departure, with reports in the Financial Times indicating that serious concerns were raised and crystallised at board level before the decision was made.