Companies & suppliers

Lack of awareness and confidence harming SME finance

Over half of SMEs have resorted to personal financing owing to a lack of awareness and confidence in lending options, according to a damning report from market research agency BRDC.

NAPM brings dinner and forum together

This year's NAPM Annual Forum will take place on Thursday 18 April to coincide with its 93rd Annual Dinner.

Communisis profits up 23% year-on-year in 2012

Communisis has recorded a 23% increase in operating profit before exceptional items to 11.6m on turnover of 229.8m in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2012.

Brightblue offers white label cost engine

Automated estimating software specialist Brightblue has launched a white label version of its costing engine.

The Langham Press plumps for MGI Meteor

The Langham Press has opted for an MGI Meteor DP8700XL as its first digital press.

RPS undertakes £1m upgrade

Leicester print group RPS has taken delivery of a Chromira 5x RA4 large format photo printer in response to growing demand for high quality backlit display graphics.

BarkerBlue targets Silicon Valley with wide format investment

San Mateo, Ca-based BarkerBlue recently expanded its wide format and digital printing capabilities with a range of equipment from HP and Zund as it looks to provide branding solutions to Silicon...

Quad/Graphics posts modest Q4 profit

Sussex, WI-based Quad/Graphics managed to overcome pricing pressure and a decline in sales to post a $21m Q4 net profit, reversing a $7m loss for the same period a year earlier.

US Congressmen lodge bill to abolish paperless policies

Two US Congressmen this week introduced a bipartisan resolution that seeks to reverse a recent federal push toward going paperless for a variety of information and services, ranging from income tax...

Time Warner announces magazine spin-off

New York-based Time Warner is set to spin off its entire magazine division, including UK-based IPC Media, into a separate, publicly traded company.