Business

Wide-format distributor Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) has signed an agreement with Esko Graphics UK to sell its cutting and software products.

Surrey-based Christian publishing house the Bible and Gospel Trust (BGT) has installed the UK's first Kolbus KM600C.

The Bank of England (BoE) has launched a two-month public consultation on plans to switch its banknotes to polymer from 2016 at the earliest.

UK micro-businesses will no longer have to undertake the same depth of accounts reporting as other businesses after new measures gained approval.

Guardian News and Media (GNM) is in consultation with staff at its two print facilities after the company announced a proposed restructure.

Hybrid Services, the exclusive distributor for Mimaki kit in the UK and Ireland, has named CMYUK Digital as the latest member of its Mimaki reseller network.

Norfolk-based Swallowtail Print has been fined after a member of staff almost severed his index finger in an unguarded machine.

Wales-based printer Screentec has boosted its wide-format firepower with an Océ Arizona 480 GT from Canon.

Fundraising agency CSDM Fundraising, which fell into administration on 28 June, owed around 400,000 to printers and direct marketing firms, according to the administrator's report.

South East London commercial printer Newgate Concise has appointed liquidators Bailey Ahmad after suddenly closing its doors in mid-August.