Receivership & administration
Unite bags seven-figure payout for former Stoneywood workers
Unite the union has secured a likely £1m-plus payout for former workers at Arjowiggins’ Stoneywood Mill.
Venn Holdings hits the buffers
The Venn Holdings buy-and-build dream is in tatters after print wing JDP was shuttered after Christmas, with liquidators expected to be appointed imminently.
Director disqualified after Covid loan support given to dormant firm
A director of a business specialising in personalised sweets and other edible items has been barred for a decade for claiming a taxpayer-backed Bounce Back Loan on false pretences.
Communisis pension scheme heads for Pension Protection Fund
The Communisis Defined Benefit Pension Scheme is likely to become the latest industry plan to enter the Pension Protection Fund – although its professional trustee is hoping for a “much improved...
Communisis in admin, parts of business sold
Communisis has gone into administration with parts of the business immediately sold to a new owner, but more than half its workforce has been laid off.
Puzzling out PFI’s M&A debacle
A rampant buy-and-build strategy does not automatically result in success – as ex-employees and creditors of PFI Group can sadly testify – so what was the strategy behind the massive growth plan?
FRP appointed at Works Manchester
Administrators from FRP Advisory have now been formally appointed at PFI Group’s Works Manchester operation.
Works Manchester shuttered, 90 staff laid off
Employees at Works Manchester have been sent home, with the future for the business unclear.
Works Manchester latest victim of PFI Group debacle
PFI Group’s disastrous acquisition spree under CEO Darren McMurray has now culminated in the filing of a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators against Works Manchester.
Leafleting boss barred over BBL
The boss of a door drop leafleting firm has been handed a lengthy ban for abusing taxpayer-backed business support during the pandemic.