Finance

Kodak has forecast a total operating cash flow of $33m (20m) on revenue of $1.2bn for the first six months of 2013, although its US operation is forecast to lose $110m in the same period.

Half of UK businesses responding to a new poll carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that they did not trust banks or building societies.

Real Time Information is HMRC's scheme to streamline tax and benefit payment, but a lack of publicity has left many businesses underprepared

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.

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.

Another week, another government scheme to increase lending to SMEs.

Approved by the European Commission, the EU Ecolabel has big potential, though scepticism lingers. Take-up, however, will likely be client-driven

The government has today confirmed that it will press ahead with plans to create a state-backed bank that could support up to 10bn of new and additional business lending.

Cashflow is the lifeblood of commerce, but despite the government's efforts, both the public and private sectors continue to pay their bills late

The 10-day target was launched by the previous government to standardise prompt public-sector payment in the hope that private companies would swiftly follow suit. Unfortunately, that has not yet...