Finance
NAO report shows bulk of £2.6bn RGF money remains unspent
The government's flagship lending scheme, the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), has been criticised in the latest report from the National Audit Office for its slow progress in awarding the £2.6bn allocated...
Paperlinx losses fall by a third, but group revises full year profitability prediction
Paperlinx has published its half-year results, which show that the paper merchanting group’s restructuring efforts are continuing to bear fruit albeit at a slower pace than it had hoped.
Service Point UK up for sale
The administrator of GPP Capital PLC, the parent company of Service Point UK, hopes to achieve a sale of the Service Point UK business by the spring.
MP calls on printers to back late payment campaign
Labour MP Debbie Abrahams is asking for small business owners from the print industry that have been impacted by late payments to speak publicly about the issue.
Business inspection: giving credit where it’s due
Taking credit card payments enabled this company to up cashflow on fast-turnaround work.
Heidelberg focuses on margin not volume
Heidelberg is predicting a 10% fall in sales during the current financial year, but has reiterated its ambitions to post a net profit.
Manroland Sheetfed owner hopeful on market recovery
Manroland Sheetfed will roll out ‘the next evolution’ of its presses in 2015, with its owner predicting ‘something of a recovery’ in press sales.
Concerns grow over apprenticeships
On the government’s ongoing plans to reform apprenticeships, training guru Jonathan Ledger has cautionary words for printers toying with training: “Be careful what you wish for.”
Barclays begins SME account consolidation
Barclays is consolidating all of its 500,000 business current account customers onto one of two new payment plans, launched in May 2013, with a minority of customers facing a significant hike in...
Website Leeds trade creditors owed £2.1m
Creditors of The Website Leeds and Glynn Print Finishers were owed £2.1m and more than £800,000 respectively at the time parent firm Glynn Print Group was placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation.