Receivership & administration
Bespoke print specialist files admin intention
The future for one of the UK’s leading creative digital printing firms is unclear after the business filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.

Director sanctioned over Covid loans
Another micro company print boss has been disqualified from being a director for abusing Covid support loans.

Mail mess top and tails an eventful December
While the ongoing impact of the Royal Mail strikes is the bread in the December’s listicle sandwich, the filling in last month’s ranking of our most read stories also featured M&A deals, the decline...

Director banned for false Covid support claims
The director of a packaging supplies business has received a lengthy ban for fraudulently claiming a large amount of Covid support the business was not eligible to receive.

Review of 2022: The Demise of YM Group
At the start of 2022 there was already intense speculation over the financial health of the YM Group business. In its most recent accounts, for the year ending 31 May 2020, YM Group had sales of...

Picking up the pieces
It’s sad when any business fails for there are countless personal stories entwinned with the corporate’s demise. But the failure of Arjowiggins, a firm that can trace its history back to 1761 and the...

SBS admin reports reveal large inter-company debts
Documents filed by the administrators of the three operating Leicestershire print businesses of SBS Print Group have revealed that the businesses owed large inter-company amounts as well as millions...

Map Marketing in pre-pack
Map Marketing’s directors have bought out the company’s assets for £140,000 in a pre-pack sale, just two years after buying out the rest of the company’s management.

Print boss banned for Bounce Back Loan abuse
The director of a printer that went into liquidation two years ago has been hit with a lengthy ban after a bankruptcy investigation identified further Bounce Back Loan abuse.

Antalis buys Arjo brands
Antalis has acquired a portfolio of Arjowiggins brands including Conqueror, Curious Collection, Keaykolour, and Pop’Set.