Finance

Recently filed accounts from two major UK web printers point to ongoing tough trading conditions in the web offset sector, with both reporting falling sales and mounting losses.

Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Card Technology (TCT) has invested in an Atlantic Zeiser Cardline Versa and a Kurz C7000 High-Speed Hologram and Foil Blocking System to meet the demand...

Macfarlane Group has completed the acquisition of Network Packaging for a maximum consideration of £7.5m and announced a £3m capital raise to support future acquisitions.

The growth plans of SMEs are being affected by a decrease in net lending to them and distrust of the banking sector, according to new data.

Wide-format printer Andesign plans to recruit new staff, move to bigger premises and invest in new machinery after securing a government grant of over £120,000.

Polestar Applied Solutions has invested in an Océ ColorStream 3500 and four Canon Océ VarioStream 8650 continuous feed printers to boost capacity both for white paper solution printing and pre-printed...

Print sales are up at Tangent Communications but the group has issued a profit warning on the back of a poor performance at its agency operation, causing a near-20% drop in its share price.

Heidelberg has reported a sharp drop in sales in Q1, but almost halved its operating losses in the period.

First-half sales are up at KBA, which came close to breaking even in the period.

It has been six years coming, but the UK economy has finally surpassed its pre-recession peak. That it is the last of the G8 to do so bar Italy, which is still 9% below its 2008 maximum and headed...