Receivership & administration

While a welcome reprieve was the month’s biggest story, our July listicle was largely dominated by M&A and insolvencies, with a smattering of research and a bumper payday for good measure.

Fisherprint has been placed into administration according to local news reports, with the printer’s website stating that orders are no longer being taken by the business.

Reflections Print Finishers has acquired the business and assets of Crystal Press, including its trademarked Ecofoil recyclable foiling technique.

The boss of a micro print business has received a lengthy ban for falsely claiming the business was entitled to the maximum Bounce Back Loan amount.

Ipswich litho and digital printer Fuller Davies has been bought out of administration by KNP Litho.

An SME creditor of PFI Group’s shuttered Futurama business has resorted to taking direct action against the end client – a major bank – to recover its losses.

A historic French papermaker has become the latest European mill to be shuttered in a seismic period for the trade.

Futurama would have needed a cash injection of £3m to keep going, and its collapse into administration has resulted in a total estimated shortfall of more than £6m.

Documents filed at Companies House relating to Oldham-based commercial printer RAP Spiderweb have revealed that the company had an estimated deficiency of around £1.5m when it went into administration...

Expectations that Warwick Printing Company would be able to pay all its creditors in full have been dashed – and the business is now moving into an insolvent liquidation process with a likely...