Business

MJD completes 500k expansion
Point-of-sale designer and manufacturer MJD is bedding in at its new facility in Corby, after expanding out of its Rutland headquarters.

Report urges gov't to improve support for micro-businesses
Lord Young's latest report on boosting UK business calls for the abolition of PQQs on public sector contracts worth less than 200,000 and the removal of the Start-Up Loan scheme's age cap.

Johnston Press achieves first profit uplift for seven years
In an interim management statement, Johnston Press reported an increase in operating profit for the first time in seven years for the 18 weeks to 4 May 2013.
EFI acquires PrintLeader
EFI has acquired US-based print MIS software developer PrintLeader for an undisclosed sum.

'All you high flyers, ignore the cliff edge at your peril'
Bob Jenkins suddenly realised his head felt hot. Unusually hot. "It was not," he says "the sort of feeling you get with a normal headache. It was like imagining a saucepan full of simmering water,...

Putting together a model manager
For some it might seem the most disastrous start to a CEO-ship possible. Day one and the new head of a large financial services company, let's call them CEO X, calls a board meeting and addresses, as...

Interview: 'No printer wants a Vistaprint customer'
It began life as a catalogue, survived the dotcom boom - and bust - and went on to become the world's biggest web-to-print business. Jo Francis talks to Vistaprint founder and chief executive Robert...

Kodak maps out the road to recovery
It was yet another weighty document relating to Kodak's Chapter 11 process, but among the hundreds of filings, this was the most significant to date.

Forum targets printers with free credit control package
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has created a guide to help businesses tackle late payment and access to finance problems, which it is pitching first at printers.

Bishops Printers fires up its 70th B2 Speedmaster unit
Bishops Printers has hit the switch on its 70th B2 Heidelberg Speedmaster unit as part of an investment of almost 1.5m.