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The business sector has given a cautious welcome to Lord Heseltine's review into UK economic growth.

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.

Xerox was keen to highlight double-digit growth in iGen colour press sales as a stagnant macro-economy and reduced government spending led to a drop in Q3 turnover and profits.

DS Repro, trading as The Print Centre, has invested 95,000 in finishing equipment to enhance its envelope inserting capabilities.

Royal Mail has announced a renewed freeze on reversion charges relating to envelope sealing issues just over a month after its initial six month moratorium ended on 17 September.

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

Fastsigns Hammersmith is targeting the 500,000 turnover mark by the end of 2013 after a successful 10 months under new ownership.

HPM Group has invested nearly 500,000 in a Muller Martini Pantera 1577 perfect binding line with a Merit S three-knife trimmer in response to print buyers increasingly switching from stitched to...

Government plans to allow workers to trade employment rights for tax-free shares under new "employee-owner" contracts from April 2013 have split opinion in the print industry.

Laminator manufacturer Foliant has made its first UK sales of the Mercury 530 SF and 400 SF.

Print broker Stuprint.com claims it is the first UK company to offer augmented reality (AR) across its entire printed product range.

Lending to UK businesses fell 2.2bn in August despite it being the first full month of the government's latest SME finance scheme, Funding for Lending.