Finance

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.

This system reduces cleaning times and boosts eco-friendliness, says Baldwin

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.

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will benefit from 24m in government funding following concerns that lack of money has compromised their independence.

The government's plan to set up a state-backed bank to lend up to 10bn to SMEs will only benefit printers if it supports overdraft lending, finance experts have warned.

Eastman Kodak has asked for more time to file its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation plan as it announced the decision to wind down consumer inkjet printer sales from 2013.

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