Receivership & administration

Reader's Digest administrator reports 'significant interest' in UK business

The administrator for the UK arm of Reader's Digest said there has been "significant interest" from potential suitors for the business, but would not be drawn on when a possible deal could be...

Reader's Digest UK arm falls to administrators

More than 130 jobs are on the line after the UK arm of Reader's Digest filed for administration this week.

Midway Colour Print in pre-pack sale

Midway Colour Print has been bought in a pre-pack deal by a company called Trowbridge one day after the Wiltshire company went into administration (28 January).

Cove (SW) bought out of administration by local printer

Digital printer Cove (SW) has been bought out of administration by another Somerset printer.

B&P Group falls to administrators

Screen printer B&P Group has gone into administration, appointing Andrew Poxon and John Titley of the Bury office of Leonard Curtis to handle the case.

Review of the decade

As the curtain falls on the decade, the printing industry will be hoping that the next 10 years bring better fortune than the last. In a two-part look at events since the turn of the millennium,...

Administrators seeking sale of NDPS

Administrators for the parent company of Nipson SAS and Nipson UK have said that they are seeking a sale of the shares of the business "as soon as possible".

Top 500 report finds industry structural change is accelerating

PrintWeek's annual Top 500 report has revealed that the structural change of the UK print industry has not only begun, but is well advanced and being rapidly accelerated by the trying economic...

OFT to launch enquiry into insolvency practitioners' fees

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to launch a market study into corporate insolvency amid criticism of the high fees charged by insolvency practitioners administering over a corporate bankruptcy.

35 jobs lost as Printers Coast falls to administrators

Printers Coast in Newcastle has gone into administration with the loss of 35 jobs.