Finance

The growth plans of SMEs are being affected by a decrease in net lending to them and distrust of the banking sector, according to new data.

Wide-format printer Andesign plans to recruit new staff, move to bigger premises and invest in new machinery after securing a government grant of over £120,000.

Polestar Applied Solutions has invested in an Océ ColorStream 3500 and four Canon Océ VarioStream 8650 continuous feed printers to boost capacity both for white paper solution printing and pre-printed...

Print sales are up at Tangent Communications but the group has issued a profit warning on the back of a poor performance at its agency operation, causing a near-20% drop in its share price.

Heidelberg has reported a sharp drop in sales in Q1, but almost halved its operating losses in the period.

First-half sales are up at KBA, which came close to breaking even in the period.

It has been six years coming, but the UK economy has finally surpassed its pre-recession peak. That it is the last of the G8 to do so bar Italy, which is still 9% below its 2008 maximum and headed...

Trade and commercial printer RCS has entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), securing around 70 jobs, after its creditors approved the proposal in a meeting last Wednesday (6 August).

The BPIF has warned that HMRC should not be given direct access to personal or corporate bank accounts as a consultation on the new powers closed last night.

A lot has happened since March 2009. Back then, Gordon Brown was still Prime Minister, 2012’s Olympic fever was still years away and the economic recovery we’re in the midst of seemed like a distant...