Business

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.

Swan Mill fined after employee crushed
Kent-based Swan Mill Paper Company has been fined following an HSE investigation into an incident in which an employee was crushed by a forklift truck.

Heidelberg on track with profit plan
Heidelberg has more than halved its losses, and has made a big improvement to profitability at an operating level.

EFG lending improves
New government figures have revealed that lending to SMEs through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme is showing improvement.

Paperlinx rebrands Howard Smith, Robert Horne and PaperCo
Paperlinx has taken a major step to consigning its three merchanting brands to the annals of history by rebranding them all under the Paperlinx banner while reassuring customers that the changes will...

Industry confidence low although order levels steady in Q1
Printers are seeing stable order levels for the third quarter running although overall outlook is pessimistic, according to the BPIF's latest Printing Outlook report.