Finance

US printers had a sharp drop in first quarter profits despite a modest rise in sales revenues, the Semper International survey for Q1 2013 has found.

George Osborne is expected to announce an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), which is due to expire in January 2014.

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) will be among a raft of business and industry representatives giving evidence at a cross party meeting next week examining the impact of late payment on SMEs.

The government has launched the first phase of its much anticipated Business Bank with a 300m investment programme for SMEs.

Less than six months after it was acquired by private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP), Presstek is going through a restructuring that includes a number of redundancies.

Falling print revenues at the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) have dragged the publisher's media division into negative growth, according to its latest trading update.

While the coalition's efforts to tackle the tricky subject of welfare reform have been filling column inches ever since last month's Budget, the lack of significant debate on the more important task...

Printers are beginning to benefit from the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS), the much-criticised government initiative to ease the flow of credit to cash-starved SMEs.

A Cambridgeshire finishing equipment supplier celebrated 34 years in business on Saturday by becoming a limited company.

Norfolk-based flow-wrapping and packaging machine manufacturer Redpack hosted the launch of a government-backed £3m Business Growth Fund, at its Norwich facility yesterday.