Business

Forum targets printers with free credit control package
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has created a guide to help businesses tackle late payment and access to finance problems, which it is pitching first at printers.

Swan Mill fined after employee crushed
Kent-based Swan Mill Paper Company has been fined following an HSE investigation into an incident in which an employee was crushed by a forklift truck.

Heidelberg on track with profit plan
Heidelberg has more than halved its losses, and has made a big improvement to profitability at an operating level.

EFG lending improves
New government figures have revealed that lending to SMEs through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme is showing improvement.

Paperlinx rebrands Howard Smith, Robert Horne and PaperCo
Paperlinx has taken a major step to consigning its three merchanting brands to the annals of history by rebranding them all under the Paperlinx banner while reassuring customers that the changes will...

Industry confidence low although order levels steady in Q1
Printers are seeing stable order levels for the third quarter running although overall outlook is pessimistic, according to the BPIF's latest Printing Outlook report.

Flexpress bolsters litho capability
Flexpress is beefing up its B3-format work after installing a four-colour Ryobi 524GX litho press to free up its larger B2 machine.

Sun Capital creates global plastics packaging giant
Paragon Print and Packaging and Britton Group are among five businesses that will be merged to form the sixth largest global plastics packaging firm.

Launch of BPIF graduate course hailed by industry
Around 160 people attended the launch of the BPIF's graduate management programme in London last week.
Former BPIF president dies aged 97
York-based printer and publisher and former BPIF president Bill Sessions has died at the age of 97.

SMEs still gloomy on credit and cash flow
Almost a quarter of recent overdraft pleas from small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across sectors fell on deaf ears, new figures reveal.

CPI unveils 20m investment plans
CPI UK has become the first UK printer to install an MGI JetVarnish 3D spot UV coater as part of a three-year 20m spending strategy unveiled last night.