Finance

The soaring level of investment needed to operate in the short-term seasonal markets means that the sector is now only open to the very biggest of players

The Government is to offer grants from a 7m pot for collaborative R&D projects aimed at developing technologies for additive manufacturing.

The economic recovery is being held back by zombie SMEs, a UK insolvency firm has warned.

Nearly three quarters of SMEs are still unaware of the benefits of invoice finance (IF), according to a new survey.

Kodak has forecast a total operating cash flow of $33m (20m) on revenue of $1.2bn for the first six months of 2013, although its US operation is forecast to lose $110m in the same period.

Half of UK businesses responding to a new poll carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that they did not trust banks or building societies.

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