Finance

CVC Capital Partners sells Flint Group to Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries

Flint Group has been sold by its private equity owner, CVC Capital Partners, to a joint venture between Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (GSMBD) and Koch Equity Development (a subsidiary of...

Close and Compass secure government funding for print

Close Brothers Asset Finance and Compass Business Finance are among the 50 organisations to receive money as part of Round 5 of the government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

Ceros gains fresh investment

Ceros plans to “rapidly expand its sales and marketing activity” after gaining a multi-million pound venture capital investment.

Streamline owner Lockley beds in with second print firm

Former Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) director Mark Lockley, who bought Leicester-based Streamline Press last year, is eyeing further growth after completing the acquisition of local rival, John Baxter...

Inspired Thinking Group gains fresh backing for expansion

Inspired Thinking Group has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in a £28m deal.

Johnston Press posts £287m loss

More than £300m in net exceptional items led to a statutory pre-tax loss of £287m in the 12 months to 28 December 2013 (2012 loss: £7m), although the company achieved its first underlying operating...

Kodak to sell Eastman Business Park

Kodak has announced that it is to market its historic home, Eastman Business Park (EBP), for sale.

Restructure costs drag KBA to €130m operating loss

KBA has posted a 2013 operating loss of €130.7m (£109.4m), compared to a 2012 profit of €13.7m (£11.5m), citing costs related to its Fit@All restructuring programme as well as substantial decline in...

Kodak narrows losses but misses forecast in 2013 results

Kodak has continued to make progress in its first set of results since exiting Chapter 11 in September 2013, with improved margins and reduced losses offset by the fact the company is performing below...

Budget 2014: Osborne unveils raft of business support measures

George Osborne billed his fifth budget yesterday as one for "the makers, the doers and the savers" as he unveiled a raft of new measures designed to support British businesses.