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Cinema advertising growth is predicted to jump 21% in 2023. Credit: Warner Bros Discovery

Advertising spend flatlines in Q1 2023

A plateau in advertising spend in the UK has seen the industry’s income take a real-terms fall in the first quarter of 2023.

IG Design Group will release year-end results later this month

New financing in place at IG Design Group

IG Design Group has agreed new three-year financing facilities with HSBC and NatWest.

De La Rue: CEO has emphasised plans for value generation

Crystal Amber calls to replace De La Rue chair

Activist investor Crystal Amber Fund has called for the removal of De La Rue’s chairman and for a new director to be appointed chairman.

Edinburgh brewer Brulo was Nomoq's first UK customer

Nomoq eyes up UK for digital can expansion

Swiss digital can printing start-up Nomoq will open a third European site in the UK, following its expansion into Germany in 2022.

Hunt: the full expensing scheme will be the best investment incentive in Europe

Industry reacts: Spring Budget 2023 and full expensing scheme

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget has been welcomed by British print associations as a positive step toward revitalising the UK economy, but not everyone in the industry is impressed.

SVB's UK business has been sold to HSBC for £1

Silicon Valley Bank situation rapidly resolved

Moonpig has moved to reassure investors and the City that its connection to Silicon Valley Bank will not cause the group any problems.

RRD sold its Canadian operations to focus on its core business

RRD sells Canadian operations to DCM

Chicago-based global print and packaging company RR Donnelley has announced the sale of its Canadian operations to Data Communications Management (DCM), a document management and commercial print...

The number of companies in financial distress has surged

Alarm bells sound for UK business, but end to crisis in sight

The UK has seen a surge in the number of businesses counted as in critical or significant financial distress, as energy bills, Covid loan repayments, and inflation bite.

De La Rue specialises in currency and security print

De La Rue shares drop after Kenya and India announcement

Shares in currency printer De La Rue have fallen by over 5% today (20 January) after it released a statement announcing a suspension of banknote printing in Kenya and its implication in an...

Harris: "Our clients realise doing the right thing is more than a compliance cost"

CarbonQuota receives institutional investment

Funds associated with private equity investment firm Codex Capital Partners have signed a binding agreement to invest in carbon advisory specialist CarbonQuota.