Finance

The vexed case of anti-dumping duty

PrintWeek India hosted a discussion between the representative of the All India Federation of Master Printers and TechNova to understand the relative merits of a fair market competition in the digital...

The building blocks of a profitable future

With banks still playing hard to get, firms looking to invest could be forgiven for thinking securing finance is nigh on impossible. But there are options out there

Government to simplify financial reporting for micro businesses

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have launched a discussion paper to look at ways of simplifying financial reporting for micro...

Sappi completes 319m refinance

Sappi has announced the successful completion of a three-year EUR360m (319m) securitisation of its trade receivables for its non-South African businesses.

HP boss outlines hardware exodus in Q3 numbers

HP announced third-quarter revenues down 2% as chief executive Lo Apotheker announced a major shift to software and services that could result in its PC division being spun off.

BBC Worldwide sells magazine division to Exponent

The BBC has sold its consumer magazines division via a licensing and sales agreement to private equity firm Exponent.

CFH eyes acquisitions after switching to Clydesdale for finance

Mailing specialist CFH is on the acquisition trail after switching its finance arrangement to Clydesdale Bank.

FSB: more competition in banking sector would give small firms 'fairer deal'

The Federation of Small Businesses has called for the government to boost competition within the banking sector rather than impose lending targets.

Project Merlin SME loans jump 22% to more than 20bn in Q2

Banks under the government's Project Merlin have stepped up lending after a slow start boosting loans to SMEs by 22% to 20.5bn in the second quarter.

Credit climate for printers improving, remains under threat

The credit climate for the US printing industry has been slowly improving in recent years, but remains challenging and could take another plunge downward due to the current US economic turmoil...