Receivership & administration

Folio pre-packed on 5 April. Image: Google Maps

Folio pre-packs after double customer collapse

Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

End of the line for TSB

German gravure printer TSB will close its doors at the end of the month.

UK Printing Company appointed administrators from FRP Advisory on 27 March

UKPC admins reveal shortfall

Administrators at UK Printing Company (UKPC), which phoenixed in late March, have published details of the pre-pack sale of the business.

Part of the enormous and complex Scitex line. Image: NCM Auctions

Mega sale of Communisis kit imminent

Hundreds of items of printing, post-press and ancillary kit from the shuttered Communisis sites in Leeds and Liverpool will go up for auction later this month.

Zaikio: Heidelberg’s know-how meets agile philosophy

Zaikio enters liquidation

German company Zaikio, known for its cloud-based data and app platform, has gone into liquidation.

Sadness as Nottingham Trade Finishers closes doors

Nottingham Trade Finishers has ceased trading after being hit with a downturn in business and increased costs.

UK Printing Company appointed administrators from FRP Advisory on 27 March

UK Printing Company pre-packs

Wide-format and promotional print specialist UK Printing Company (UKPC) has undergone a pre-pack sale to S43 Trading Limited, a new company set up by UKPC director Adam Robinson.

Last month’s listicle brightened with a few rays of sunshine

While March may have been on the damp side weatherwise, there were smatterings of sunshine in Printweek’s ranking of our most read stories. Chief among them were a brace of high-profile start-ups and,...

Severn: "strong resilience throughout 2020"

Severn Print shortfall revealed

Administrators of shuttered digital printer Severn Print have revealed the firm had an estimated deficiency of £3.5m when it entered administration.

Transactions were to the detriment of the company and its creditors

Marketing boss banned

The boss of a marketing services company has received a lengthy ban for abuse of the Bounce Back Loan scheme.