Finance

How to find funding for eco improvement projects
On a list of all the people you would expect to be clued up on green funding, the government should be top. It’s the government after all that provides much of that funding, and the government that...

Mergers and acquisitions return to pre-downturn levels
The past quarter brought such a flurry of global M&A activity that, with two weeks still to go, it had already reached a level not seen since 2007. In Europe, it was the busiest quarter for at least...

M&A jump is evidence of recovery
Over the past few weeks there seems to have been an unprecedented spike in the amount of print M&A activity taking place and, believe it not, I’m not just talking about distressed sales or worse, the...

Landa secures €100m investment and updates press roll out plan
Landa Digital Printing has received a €100m (£80m) investment from specialty chemicals company Altana, which will be used to complete the commercialisation of the firm’s nanographic presses.

Jennings leads MBO at Macro Art
St Neots-based wide-format printer Macro Art has been sold via a management buy-out (MBO) led by managing director James Jennings and backed by YFM Equity Partners.

De La Rue positive on future, but spectre of 2010 lingers
De La Rue has hailed the completion of its Improvement Plan, which has boosted underlying operating profit by £50m in three years, following publication of its 2013/14 accounts this morning.

Government details plans to tackle late payments to SME
Late payment from customers to suppliers is an ongoing problem that can have severe consequences for small businesses. Not being paid on time hurts companies financially because it creates cashflow...

Editor’s comment: Optimism is back, so grin and bear it
According to this week’s poll, 97% of the 2,350 of you that voted are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for your business than you were a year ago – hurrah!

Visual Print brings digital inhouse with RGF funding
Visual Print & Design has brought digital print in-house as part of plans to double in size over the next year.

Upbeat BPIF Outlook reflects spring thaw
Demand up, input costs under control, and fewer firms in severe financial distress; while not exactly in full bloom during this year’s early onset of spring, the printing industry showed overall signs...