Business

Butler, Tanner & Dennis has become the first printer to sign up for ICSM's Safety Net financial help package.

Safety Net includes an initial £15m fund for receivables finance, complete with backing from the financial sector including Moore Stephens, Coface, Atlas Risk and banking group Clydes­dale Bank.

The company has opted for Tier One, which offers full membership to ICSM and provides Experian credit reports, free legal advice on debt recovery and access to ICSM’s printers credit information forum.

Kevin Sarney, managing director at Butler, Tanner & Dennis, said: “We want to make sure we are trading with businesses that have the right sort of background, so we can be confident in our relationship with them.”