Business

Taylor appointed Kinetic UK CEO
Global out of home media planner and buyer Kinetic Worldwide has named Stuart Taylor as UK chief executive.

Fujifilm highlights importance of ink with £3m factory expansion
Fujifilm has invested £3m in additional UV inkjet manufacturing capacity at its Broadstairs, Kent factory.

Digital metallics get easier with HP approval of Mirri Pak
Mirri Pak metallic board has been granted HP Indigo certification, opening up a range of added-value applications for users of the digital press range.

FSA to publish interest rate swap redress scheme details
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will publish the results of a pilot scheme to provide redress to small business owners who were mis-sold interest rate swaps on Thursday (31 January).

FT to prioritise digital
The <i>Financial Times</i> is to shift resources from print to digital as it looks to reduce newspaper production costs.

Loveurope eyes digital deal following Locomotion buy
Loveurope chief executive Steve Owens has said the firm is looking to acquire an online/digital business following last week's puchase of Soho-based creative post-production business Locomotion.

Fallon wants greater transparency on FLS loans
Banks drawing money under the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) could be forced to publish lending figures by region and business size amid growing concerns that the flagship scheme isn't working.
BPIF and Vpress to reprise W2P seminars
The BPIF and web-to-print software developer Vpress are set to reprise last year's successful web2print seminar series.

Fourth round RGF funding open
The government has announced that the latest round of its Regional Growth Fund (RGF), worth 350m, is open for bids.

Kodak publishes 2013-17 forecast
Kodak has published its financial projections for the next five years in a presentation for creditors as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

ERA: client spending reviews are a supplier opportunity
Printers should not be threatened by spending reviews undertaken by their clients but use them to examine their own strategies, a print industry procurement specialist has said.

Simpson Group in £250,000 software spend
Simpson Group has invested £250,000 in software, including pre-press workflow, a store-profiling system and its first small-format digital press.