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Baker Goodchild expands website with direct mail advice for printers and SMEs

Direct mail fulfilment and print management services provider Baker Goodchild has expanded its website to add new pages that have particular emphasis on guidance and tips for printers, charities,...

New figures highlight SME growth and lending issues

The growth plans of SMEs are being affected by a decrease in net lending to them and distrust of the banking sector, according to new data.

Business Bank allocated extra £250m

The government is to provide an extra £250m to the British Business Bank to lend to small businesses, on top of the £1bn already allocated.

Atlantic Coast Studios fires up new Schneider guillotine

Atlantic Coast Studios, which has spent around 40,000 on a new Schneider guillotine, has said the investment was critical to business success.

Spectrum slashes makereadies with second XL 75-5+L

Spectrum Printing Services (SPS) has installed a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L five years after taking one of the UK's first XL presses.

Open days to boast UK first kit combinations

Distributor I-Sub Digital is to host three lots of open days to show off wide-format print and finishing kit from Agfa, Mimaki and Zund.

Roland targets iPhone covers with latest VersaUV LEF printer

Roland DG has announced an addition to its VersaUV LEF range of desktop, flatbed UV printers for printing directly onto promotional products, such as pens, golf balls, and smartphone covers.

UK Print sceptical of Miliband's business rate plans

Ed Miliband will announce plans to freeze small business rates for two years, from April 2015 to April 2017, in his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference this afternoon.

Royal Mail's PAF plans could threaten business survival

Royal Mail's plans to overhaul charges to its Postcode Address File (PAF) licence could ramp up costs from around 20,000 to 200,000 and put print and mail companies out of business, warn experts.

Duplo unveils application-focused London Calling 5

Duplo has unveiled some early details of its next London Calling event, which will be held at Somerset House at the end of November.

Accounting burdens cut for UK micros

UK micro-businesses will no longer have to undertake the same depth of accounts reporting as other businesses after new measures gained approval.

Government reponse on late payment inquiry disappointing

The government has been slammed for lack of conviction and a disappointing response to a cross-party inquiry into late payments to SMEs.