Finance

Paper manufacturer James Cropper has recorded a double digit increase in its operating profit for the first half of 2012 despite falling sales in its speciality paper business.

Heidelberg has said it is "confident" it will meet its "clearly positive" EBIT target for 2012/13, despite recording an operating loss, excluding special items, of 57m in the first six months.

UPM is taking legal action against fellow paper manufacturer Metsaliitto Cooporative and its subsidiary Metsa Board, in relation to the jointly-owned Metsa Fibre.

The publisher's interim results reveal a 12% drop in advertising revenue to 94m in the 17 weeks to 28 October 2012 but it said that its end of year operating profits would be in line with the 104.5m...

An open letter signed by 60 non-government organisations (NGOs) has been sent to investors in Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) urging them not to back the controversial Indonesian company.

The last major mid-market funder to the print industry, ING Lease, has announced its decision to pull out of UK asset finance from 30 November.

The soaring level of investment needed to operate in the short-term seasonal markets means that the sector is now only open to the very biggest of players

The Government is to offer grants from a 7m pot for collaborative R&D projects aimed at developing technologies for additive manufacturing.

The economic recovery is being held back by zombie SMEs, a UK insolvency firm has warned.

Nearly three quarters of SMEs are still unaware of the benefits of invoice finance (IF), according to a new survey.

Kodak has forecast a total operating cash flow of $33m (20m) on revenue of $1.2bn for the first six months of 2013, although its US operation is forecast to lose $110m in the same period.

Half of UK businesses responding to a new poll carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that they did not trust banks or building societies.