Finance

Spend and save

It’s not often that the government puts in place a programme that is both welcomed and little criticised, but that’s exactly what the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, did on Budget Day in March.

Nelson: RLS will enable more businesses gain the funding they need to move forward

Compass adds Recovery Loan Scheme to offering

Compass Business Finance has become accredited to offer the new Recovery Loan Scheme from the British Business Bank.

Familiar name takes pole position in May’s must reads

A blast from the past, a print entrepreneur’s prime time TV pitch and the latest development in the sheetfed inkjet arena led the pack in the list of last month’s most read stories.

printIQ is offering a leaner and more dynamic cloud-based approach to managing print

Print Estimating: Resisting the Race to the Bottom

How many of us really understand, and factor into our estimates, our overall costs? Are you charging what you should, or are you settling for less at the expense of your profit margin?

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Willday (left) and Coulthurst face up to the dragons for their pitch

Willsow celebrates after Dragon snaps up stake

The Willsow books team emerged triumphant from the Dragons’ Den after securing their pick of THREE offers of investment.

Royal Mail has brought in new services such as parcel collection

Royal Mail results reflect parcels boom

The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.

Helen Greener (R) with Richard Boon started at Webmart 17 years ago

Webmart appoints finance and sustainability director

Webmart has appointed a longstanding employee as its new finance and sustainability director.

Bunker: “This is certainly a moment in time"

Compass flags window of opportunity for M&A finance

Compass Business Finance has flagged the looming deadline for “favourable” M&A financing using the government-backed CBILS scheme – but printers need to act fast to put things in place.

Insolvency Service: banned director's behaviour was totally unacceptable

Point-of-sale boss banned

The boss of a signage and display printer has received a lengthy ban of 10 years after a six-figure false invoicing scandal.

Moonpig: confident about flotation plans and "huge opportunity to grow"

£1bn-plus price tag confirmed for Moonpig

Moonpig’s upcoming flotation is set to value the group at up to £1.2bn.