The commercial print business was formed in 2006 when Rochdale Alternative Press, which was founded in the 1960s, bought London-based printer Spiderweb. The digital and B2 litho print operation predominantly serviced the charity and not-for-profit sector.

Directors at RAP Spiderweb Ltd appointed joint administrators Richard Cole and Steve Kenny of KBL Advisory, Sale on 2 May. Further details are unclear.

The phone number at RAP Spiderweb has been disconnected and Printweek has reached out to company director James Tattum and KBL Advisory for comment but no response had been received at the time of writing.

RAP Spiderweb ran kit including a four-colour B2 Heidelberg Speedmaster, a Xerox Versant 3100 digital production press, and a B2 Cron platesetter alongside a Komori GL29 four-colour press plus coater, which it bought in the summer of 2020 with financial backing from Close Brothers Asset Finance using the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

In 2019 the business turned over £2m and at the end of 2020 was employing 20 people at its 929sqm facility.

Update 5.30pm, 23 May: KBL Advisory said it did not have any comment to make at this time.