Finance

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.

Xaar posts strong trading update
Inkjet technology specialist Xaar has revealed record margins, with trading for the year ended 31 December 2013 “in line with expectations”.

Upbeat update from Communisis
International sales at Communisis have jumped to 18% of group turnover, ahead of the anticipated level.

TCT secures £3.2m backing from BGF
Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Card Technology (TCT) has secured growth funding from private equity investor Business Growth Fund (BGF).

Review of 2013: November
Acquisitions, investments and insolvencies: all the action from a year in print

Review of 2013: December
Acquisitions, investments and insolvencies: all the action from a year in print

Review of 2013: September
Acquisitions, investments and insolvencies: all the action from a year in print