Finance

Willday (left) and Coulthurst face up to the dragons for their pitch

Willsow celebrates after Dragon snaps up stake

The Willsow books team emerged triumphant from the Dragons’ Den after securing their pick of THREE offers of investment.

Royal Mail has brought in new services such as parcel collection

Royal Mail results reflect parcels boom

The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.

Helen Greener (R) with Richard Boon started at Webmart 17 years ago

Webmart appoints finance and sustainability director

Webmart has appointed a longstanding employee as its new finance and sustainability director.

Bunker: “This is certainly a moment in time"

Compass flags window of opportunity for M&A finance

Compass Business Finance has flagged the looming deadline for “favourable” M&A financing using the government-backed CBILS scheme – but printers need to act fast to put things in place.

Insolvency Service: banned director's behaviour was totally unacceptable

Point-of-sale boss banned

The boss of a signage and display printer has received a lengthy ban of 10 years after a six-figure false invoicing scandal.

Moonpig: confident about flotation plans and "huge opportunity to grow"

£1bn-plus price tag confirmed for Moonpig

Moonpig’s upcoming flotation is set to value the group at up to £1.2bn.

Perring: print put forward as case study due to complex supply chains

IPIA: industry now on 'stronger footing' with BEIS

The government is looking to the printing industry as a barometer for manufacturing in general as the Covid-19 business situation develops, according to the latest feedback gleaned by the IPIA.

Moonpig has a range of more than 16,000 card designs

Booming Moonpig tipped to float

Moonpig could become the first print-related business to float on London's main market in nearly 25 years, amid reports that a £1bn flotation plan is being readied for the web-to-print group.

Grafenia: board "knows of no reason" for share price rise

Grafenia shares spike

Shares in Grafenia have rocketed by more than 100% to a new 52-week high after an investor – or investors – splurged a six-figure sum on shares in the group.

Brexit deal: concerns over extra costs and new non-tariff trade barriers

Brexit FTA deal: industry reacts

Industry bodies have broadly welcomed the Brexit Free Trade Agreement reached with the EU just before Christmas, but with some significant caveats about its knock-on effects on costs and extra...