Finance

SME label printer forced to switch banks to secure funding for growth

The Bramwell Labels Company secured funding for two new machines by shopping around to guarantee the best loan rates.

Licensees move to assert rights ahead of Kodak patent sale

Kodak's sale of some 1,100 digital imaging patents has hit another road bump after a slew of tech giants that license the US-based manufacturer's technology filed objections to the proposed sale.

James Cropper profits halve after restructuring charge

The paper manufacturer has recorded a 50% drop in pre-tax profit for the year to 31 March 2012 after booking an 800,000 redundancy provision for an anticipated 40 job cuts.

Moody's downgrade could hit UK print borrowing costs

UK print businesses could face higher borrowing costs after ratings agency Moody's downgraded all four of the UK's leading high street banks yesterday.

Bank of England and Treasury launch SME lending programme

The Bank of England is to provide billions of pounds of cheap credit to banks to boost small business and mortgage lending.

Peer-to-peer and alternative funding: life-lines for SMEs?

While the dust begins to settle on last month's Drupa, many manufacturers have been quick to report on their successful participation in the Dsseldorf event.

Crowd funding aims to give freedom back to businesses

The recent news from that the government will commit 100m in funding through non-traditional channels, such as peer-to-peer lending, is welcome news for small business owners.

UPDATE: MPG to take over Cambridge University Press print work

MPG Group is on the verge of taking over the majority of Cambridge University Press' (CUP) European print work from next month.

June looks set to be the month of the hard sells

It's hard to imagine a combination of words that is likely to cause hearts in the web offset community to sink as fast as 'web-offset' and 'supersite' - except, perhaps for 'paper', 'price' and...

New bank launched to target SMEs

A new bank targeting SMEs has been launched in a joint venture between a local authority pension fund and a Cambridge University college.