Business

Lincolnshire printer rises from the ashes
One year on from a devastating fire that gutted its Lincolnshire factory, Mono-Poly Printers has risen from the ashes of disaster and is now stronger than ever.

Kodak to end UK plate production as it rejigs portfolio
Kodak is to close its Leeds plate manufacturing facility, with the loss of more than 200 jobs, as the group realigns its global Sonora processless plate production portfolio as upgrades to facilities...

Funding for Lending figures show decline in net business lending to SMEs
Net lending to SMEs from the 34 banks that are participating in the one year extension to the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) declined by £1.3bn in Q2-Q4 2013 while net lending to households from the...

Glossop Cartons teams with Nth Degree for AR packaging service
Glossop Cartons has launched an Augmented Reality (AR) service for its packaging customers after teaming up with Hertfordshire-based Nth Degree Imaging.

NAO report shows bulk of £2.6bn RGF money remains unspent
The government's flagship lending scheme, the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), has been criticised in the latest report from the National Audit Office for its slow progress in awarding the £2.6bn allocated...

Business inspection: Get a flying start in a new direction
The ability to adapt to a changing market can be vital to ongoing success, as Alphaset found.

60-seconds with: Awesome Merchandise
Awesome Merchandise started back in 2005 in founder Luke Hodson’s bedroom. “We were 19 and hoped to earn some pocket money by making pin badges. Armed with £300 and one of those Lexmark printers you...

The decline of printed inserts doesn’t tell the whole story
A new report published by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has measured, it claims for the first time, the combined number of printed media and third-party inserts placed in the UK.

‘I’d rather have been flying jet bombers’
Gary Arber isn’t what you would probably describe as our typical interview subject. He hasn’t bought a new press since the 1950s and you would probably struggle to get him to admit he’s passionate...

Step forward the Twitterati
To tweet or not to tweet? A question many in print are still no doubt grappling with. The most pressing question they’ll then face once they decide to take the plunge is who on earth to follow? Fellow...