Finance

Welsh label printer Reel Label Solutions' sales director Jonathan Wright has taken a majority stake in the business, as part of a deal worth £1.2m.

Compass Business Finance has signed up to the new SME Finance Charter, which involves a number of pledges.

Printers have reported price increases well beyond headline figures, as consumer inflation rises to its highest point in 40 years.

There was a 19% increase in the number of companies in critical financial distress in the first quarter of 2022, according to new research.

Soaring energy prices have seen yet another increase in overhead costs for printers, but for those whose contracts are coming to an end, the leap in prices has been enormous.

Soaring energy prices have seen digital and litho printer Charlesworth’s annual electricity bill shoot up from £132,000 to a projected figure of over £500,000.

Compass Business Finance has secured an additional £15m in funding from the British Business Bank to help SME firms invest in new equipment to take their businesses forward.

Bridgepoint Capital has returned for another bite of the Inspired Thinking Group cherry, taking a majority stake in the marketing services business for a second time.

FSC and PEFC have barred wood and timber from Russia and Belarus from their certified products, as a host of other industry suppliers go public with their stance against Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Margins in print can be slender. Looking at the most recent Printweek Top 500 report, compiled in association with business advisory and accountancy firm Grant Thornton, the average industry operating...