Finance

Archant has told shareholders that it is to suspend dividend payments in anticipation of a potential £13m HMRC bill.

Metsa Board has finalised its proposed price changes to its uncoated fine papers, with an introduction date set for April.

Over half of SMEs have resorted to personal financing owing to a lack of awareness and confidence in lending options, according to a damning report from market research agency BRDC.

UK packaging firm Macfarlane Group recorded pre-tax profits before exceptional items of 4.9m in the 12 months to 31 December despite a 2% revenue decline.

Printing.com has signed an agreement to help deliver the government-backed Start-Up Loans scheme designed to help young people start a business.

Loans from Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) users decreased by 2.4bn during the last quarter of 2012, despite 9.5bn withdrawals being made during the period.

Agfa Gevaert has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands against Chinese plate manufacturer Chengdu Xingraphics Co.

Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around 90,000 each in government-backed funding.

Pearson announced that it was to book a 150m restructuring expense for 2013 to push online growth as <i>Financial Times</i> digital subscriptions overtook print circulation for the first time.

A senior official at the Bank of England has admitted that the central bank's policies, such as QE and the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS), have not done enough to help small businesses.