List of companies based in Leeds City Region

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The Leeds City Region is home to various companies which operate in the United Kingdom or further afield in Europe and around the world. The Leeds City Region economy is centred on the city of Leeds, with other notable local economies of Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield and areas outside West Yorkshire such as Harrogate.

## List of companies[edit]

* Airedale International Air Conditioning – British manufacturer and worldwide distributor of cooling, heating and HVAC systems.[1]
* Arla Foods \- UK subsidiary of this Danish company[2]
* Asda \- One of the "big four" UK supermarket chains.[3]
* aql \- telecoms company and data centre operator[4]
* Buckley London \- designer costume jewellery[5]
* Capita \- FTSE 100 listed company concerned with business process outsourcing[6]
* Channel 4 \- Television relocated its headquarters to Leeds from London in 2021.[7]
* Crisp Thinking \- AI-based technology company focused on detecting social media risk for global brands and protecting children online[8]
* Conservative Party HQ \- Began relocation to Leeds in 2020.[9]
* First Direct \- a subsidiary of HSBC[10]
* GHD \- global HQ for hair fashion company[11]
* Jet2.com \- low cost airline[12]
* Leeds Brewery[13]
* Leeds Building Society \- formerly known as Leeds and Holbeck Building Society[14]
* Labcorp \- clinical Research Unit for S&P 500 company, to complete in 2022.[15]
* Northern Gas Networks \- natural gas distributor and network[16]
* Northern Foods \- ready meals and food brands[17]
* PwC \- Big four accounting firm.[18]
* Rockstar Leeds[19]
* Sky Group \- customer care and digital development
* Sky Betting & Gaming \- betting and gaming company has headquarters in Leeds[20]
* Yorkshire Post Newspapers \- a subsidiary of Johnston Press[21]
* Yorkshire Television \- a subsidiary of ITV[22]

## Companies formerly headquartered in Leeds[edit]

* Burton \- a tailor currently owned by the Arcadia Group, which is headquartered in London[23]
* J Hepworth & Son \- formerly a tailor; renamed Next in the 1980s; now based in Enderby, Leicestershire[24]
* J&H McLaren & Co. \- steam traction and diesel engine manufacturers; taken over by Hawker Siddeley; shut down in 1959[25]
* John Fowler & Co. \- steam traction and ploughing engine manufacturers; taken over by Marshall, Sons & Co.[26]
* Kitson & Co. \- former locomotive builders; failed in the 1930s; remains sold to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns[27]
* Leeds Permanent Building Society \- also known as The Leeds; in 1995 it was bought by the Halifax, which in turn merged with Bank of Scotland; however, there continues to be a significant HBOS office presence in the city of Leeds
* Marks & Spencer \- founded in Leeds Kirkgate Market as a penny bazaar, it has long since been headquartered in London[28]
* Planet Online \- latterly known as Energis Squared; business ISP bought by Energis and now part of Cable & Wireless
* Premier Farnell \- electronic component distributor worldwide (HQ now in London)
* Republic \- clothing store
* Schofields \- a department store on The Headrow in Leeds; bought by House of Fraser in 1988 and latterly closed in 1996[29]
* Systime Computers Ltd – computer manufacturer founded in 1973,[30] became second-largest such firm in Britain; acquired and broken up during the mid-late 1980s[31]
* Tetley \- taken over by Carlsberg UK, based in Northampton[32]
* Thurstons \- a bakers and sandwich retailer; taken over by Greggs in the 1990s and subsequently rebranded as Greggs[33]
* Visionware – software company split out from Systime Computers in 1989 that made client-server connectivity products; bought by the Santa Cruz Operation in 1994[34]
* Waddingtons \- a maker of board games; taken over by the American toy company Hasbro; has since had production of board games moved out of the city[35]

## See also[edit]

* Economy of Leeds

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Airedale HQ". Airedale International Air Conditioning. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
2. ^ Wright, Greg (21 February 2018). "Arla Foods reveals plans to invest at sites in Leeds and Settle". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
3. ^ "Hundreds of jobs axed at Asda offices". BBC News. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
4. ^ Wright, Greg (17 May 2017). "Big corporate names support city's bid to become European Capital of Culture". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
5. ^ "Buckley Jewellery Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
6. ^ Wright, Greg (19 July 2011). "Jobs hope as Capita acquires Ventura for £65m". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
7. ^ "Channel 4 opens new HQ in Leeds as it fights against privatisation". The Guardian.
8. ^ "8 Businesses That Make Leeds' Tech Scene One to Watch". 20 April 2010.
9. ^ Marsh, Sarah. "Why Leeds for Tory HQ? 'It's the unsung success story of the north'". The Guardian.
10. ^ "Matthew Colebrook named new chief executive of Leeds-based First Direct bank". Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
11. ^ "Hair fashion brand ghd opens new Leeds city cente HQ". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
12. ^ "Leeds based Jet2.com scoop award". Yorkshire Evening Post. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
13. ^ "BREWERIES IN LEEDS". www.leeds-camra.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
14. ^ Casci, Mark (12 January 2018). "EXCLUSIVE: Leeds Building Society to relocate HQ to new city centre premises". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
15. ^ "Up to 300 jobs planned for redevelopment of Drapers Yard in Leeds's South Bank into a new Labcorp medical facility". Yorkshire Post.
16. ^ "Restructuring dents Northern Gas Networks profits". Insider Media Ltd. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
17. ^ "YEN Top 10 - Manufacturers In Yorkshire | Yorkshire Enterprise Network". yorkshireenterprisenetowrk.co.uk. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
18. ^ "New era for PwC as firm moves into iconic new Leeds offices". Yorkshire Post.
19. ^ "Rockstar makes a grand return to profit". The Yorkshire Post. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
20. ^ "Sky sells majority stake in Sky Bet". BBC News. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
21. ^ "Yorkshire newspapers leaving HQ". BBC News. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
22. ^ Behrens, David (18 November 2017). "50 years of hits from a TV station that really caught fire". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
23. ^ "BBC - Leeds - Civic Life-The full monty - Montague Burton". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
24. ^ "Our history". www.nextplc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
25. ^ Ginley, Joanne (14 June 2007). "Plaque to mark factory heritage". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
26. ^ Grady, Kevin (1980). "VI: Industrial Development 1780-1914". In Fraser, Derek (ed.). A history of modern Leeds. Manchester: Univ. Pr. p. 163\. ISBN 0-7190-0747-X.
27. ^ Archives, The National. "Leeds Industrial Museum". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
28. ^ "The history of Marks and Spencer: In pictures". The Guardian. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
29. ^ "Schofields: Fond memories of department store ... where shopping was 'a real treat'". Yorkshire Evening Post. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
30. ^ Burnham, Nigel (14 February 1984). "John Gow comes back with an eye on the third world". The Times. London. p. 25 - via Gale.com.
31. ^ Fagan, Mary (24 September 1987). "Who will tear the Silicon Curtain?". New Scientist. pp. 28–29.
32. ^ "Last orders in Leeds for Tetley's". BBC News. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
33. ^ Gregg, Ian (2013). "6: Leeds - Bread Cakes". Bread : the story of Greggs. London: Corgi. p. 122\. ISBN 978-0552169493.
34. ^ Perez, Steve (13 December 1994). "SCO acquires Visionware". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. B-4 - via Newspapers.com.
35. ^ Hudson, Neil (22 May 2017). "Leeds nostalgia: Memories of Waddingtons". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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