Finance

Data from The Bank of England has shown that lending to small and medium-sized businesses under the Funding for Lending (FLS) scheme has fallen in the first quarter of this year.

De La Rue has hit its revised profit target for the full year, with underlying operating profits at the security print giant jumping by 43% to £90.5m – although overcapacity in the worldwide banknote...

Prestige Group, the UK-based packaging pre-press specialist, has merged with the Creative Business Unit of US-based YFYJupiter to create Jupiter Prestige Group (JPG).

KBA posted a double-digit jump in sales and orders during the first quarter across its business units, and its sheetfed business is back in the black.

Advent Colour and its parent company Advent Digital Imaging have been acquired by an undisclosed third-party after Advent Colour was placed in administration on 1 May.

Johnston Press has announced a £360m refinance alongside the sale of its Republic of Ireland business and a strategic regional advertising partnership with Sky.

Heidelberg is back in the black for the first time in five years, according to its 2013/14 preliminary results, which record a net profit of €4m (£3.3m) on sales of €2.4bn.

Security printer Checkprint has secured a five-year contract extension to provide building society Nationwide Group branches with chequebooks and credit books.

Service Point UK has been placed into administration ahead of an anticipated pre-pack sale of the business.

First quarter trading at Xaar has returned to the “normal seasonal pattern” after last year’s spike.