Business

Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs has acquired North American coated paper producer Verso Corporation in a move to enter the paperboard market in the region.

Livingstone-based litho and digital print business Ink on Paper has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a fellow Scottish print operation.

UK-based release paper and film manufacturer Cotek Papers has been bought by German company Laufenberg.

Retail display specialist Kesslers International, part of the Hexcite Group, has gone into administration due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the retail sector and cost inflation.

Towards the end of the summer, HMRC announced a consultation on proposals which would radically alter how unincorporated businesses – sole traders and partnerships – are taxed.

There just seems to be no escape from Covid. For some, the viral grenade took the form of furlough, job loss, business turndown or failure. For many others, sadly, it meant hospitalisation and in the...

There’s no question that Covid has altered society. It’s trampled on civil liberties, seen vaccines rolled out in double-quick time, spurred on the deployment of information technologies, and it’s...

I’m pretty sure I say this every year – and having checked the archive it turns out I more or less have – so, forgive me, but: How. Can. It. Be. Christmas?

The issue kicks off with our review of the year as a timely reminder of just how eventful the past 12 months have been, and for those of you that prefer to look forward, it's followed by our...

Kettering-based signmaker Artisan Signs has appointed Jake Davey as business development manager of the company that was founded by his grandfather and father.