Finance

Xerox reportedly in mega-merger talks

Xerox is in talks to buy the world’s largest print group, according to reports in the US financial press.

UK's newest newspaper New Day to stop printing

The UK’s sole print-only national newspaper is set to stop printing tonight after barely two months on sale.

FSB fear over weak economic growth

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has stated its concern over the UK's slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter of 2016.

HH Global wins five-year Lloyds print contract

HH Global has won a five-year contract to provide all of Lloyds Banking Group’s non-transactional print and marketing as an “end-to-end outsourced solution” provider.

Print On Solutions winding up petition filed

A creditor has filed a winding up petition against envelope and bag overprinter Print On Solutions, trading as Print On, as the directors create a new company.

Kodak sales shrink

Kodak has reduced its losses on worldwide sales that fell 15% in 2015 to slip below the $2bn mark.

Acquisitions and organic sales growth boost Macfarlane Group revenues

Packaging firm Macfarlane Group has reported a 10% revenue increase in its preliminary full-year results announcement yesterday, citing good organic sales growth and the contribution from recent...

BPIF Outlook reports positive Q4 and Q1 confidence

The BPIF has released its latest Printing Outlook study of the health of the industry, highlighting that output and orders exceeded expectations in Q4 2015 and there is a positive forecast for Q1 2016...

Xaar sales 'in line with expectations'

Year-end sales at Xaar are anticipated to be in line with expectations, although its operating margin is likely to fall to around 20%.

Macfarlane Group continues on growth trajectory

Macfarlane Group has again reported a rise in turnover and profits but its labels business remains under pressure from the price-sensitive retail environment.

CBI 'twin-engined growth' forecast welcomed by BPIF

The BPIF has welcomed a prediction that the UK will see “twin-engined” growth in 2016 and said printers will see the benefit of an improving economy.

Multisets falls into administration

Swindon-based printer Multisets has fallen into administration, less than a year after it acquired cheque printer Bank Security Printing.