Finance

Sappi unveils second price hike of 2013

Sappi is to increase prices for the second time in three months with a five to seven per cent increase to be implemented across its coated fine paper grades from April.

UPM sells Stracel to shrink unprofitable paper business

UPM has agreed the sale of its Stracel mill as the group announced it had made a EUR 1.6bn (1.4bn) operating loss in Q4 2012.

Government puts 240m skills funding up for grabs

Applications for round two of the government's vocational training-focused Employment Ownership Pilot (EOP) have opened for bidding.

<i>Sun on Sunday</i> offsets <i>News of The World</i> legal bill

Investigations into the phone hacking scandals at <i>News of The World</i> continue to impose significant costs for parent company News Corporation, according to its second quarter results.

Print Yorkshire to hold second Media Marketplace exhibition

The BPIF regional arm is to hold a one-day event in Leeds to promote digital and creative industries across Yorkshire.

FT to prioritise digital

The <i>Financial Times</i> is to shift resources from print to digital as it looks to reduce newspaper production costs.

Fourth round RGF funding open

The government has announced that the latest round of its Regional Growth Fund (RGF), worth 350m, is open for bids.

CS Labels secures Regional Growth grant for Xeikon spend

West Midlands-based CS Labels has embarked on an expansion programme, assisted by a Government Regional Growth Fund grant, which is expected to help boost turnover by 25% in 2013 to 2.5m.

DMGT cost cutting counteracts revenue decline across A&N Media

The Daily Mail and General Trust's (DMGT) A&N Media has boosted profits in the face of falling revenues across its print titles through aggressive cost cutting in 2012, according to the company's 2012...

Sappi announces price increase

Sappi Fine Paper has raised prices across its graphic papers business due to surging raw material costs and declining margins for merchant sales.

What does 2013 hold in store for the UK printing industry?

We asked some of the top movers and shakers of British print to look deep into their crystal balls and make a forecast for the development of print in the year ahead - and carry out an autopsy of the...

FLS unlikely to impact business loans until mid 2013

The Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) is unlikely to materially impact net lending to businesses until the middle of next year, according to the latest quarterly bulletin from the Bank of England.