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Lending to UK businesses fell 2.2bn in August despite it being the first full month of the government's latest SME finance scheme, Funding for Lending.

The minimum wage rise implemented this week for UK workers aged over 21 has received mixed reaction from the printing industry.

Die cutter and folder-gluer manufacturer Kama has included its first "machine finder" tool on its revamped website it claims.

The UK pre-media software distributor is setting up a base in Sydney after it was appointed sole distributor for Chili Publish in the Oceania region.

The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) unveiled its auto-enrolment proposition yesterday (1 October) to coincide with the initial roll-out of the new UK workplace pensions legislation.

St Ives has posted double digit increases in underlying pre-tax profit and revenues in its final results as it continued to highlight growth in its marketing services business segment.

Inca Digital has unveiled the latest addition to its Onset range of high-volume flatbed UV printers, the S20i, which adds a raft of new features previously only available on the manufacturer's S40i...

Michael Barker, who was appointed to the board only last Thursday (27 September), has replaced Harry Boon as chairman with immediate effect from 1 October.

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will benefit from 24m in government funding following concerns that lack of money has compromised their independence.

Canon has updated three models in its ImagePrograf range of wide-format printers and has also launched two 60" (1524mm) additions to the series.

Moo.com has sent out its first Near Field Communication (NFC) business cards this week as part of a public beta trial that will run until the end of the year.

Harry Boon left his post as chairman of the international paper merchant a day early following the appointment of two non-executive directors.

The government's plan to set up a state-backed bank to lend up to 10bn to SMEs will only benefit printers if it supports overdraft lending, finance experts have warned.

Apprenticeship provider Pearson in Practice has launched a Print and Document Solutions apprenticeship in partnership with a raft of leading industry names.