Receivership & administration

Some surprising returns to October’s ranking of most read stories
While the ongoing battle between Royal Mail and the CWU dominating October’s listicle wasn’t much of a surprise, the presence of an August news article covering the falling out of Adobe and Pantone...

End-of-the-line looms for Arjowiggins mills
A complete shut down and asset sale now looks the most likely outcome for Arjowiggins’ historic UK paper mills.

Cascade Group in liquidation
Cascade Group has gone into liquidation and looks to have closed.

Print insolvencies on the rise
Printing industry insolvencies were at the highest level in almost a decade in the first half of the year.

Streamline, Baxters and Spectrum close their doors
The three operating Leicestershire print businesses of SBS Print Group have fallen into administration and have ceased trading with the immediate loss of 55 jobs.

Arjo admins seek 'credible interest'
Administrators at Arjowiggins have said there is “potential interest” in its business and assets, but in the absence of offers for the two mill sites as manufacturing facilities they are continuing to...

Bespoke printing firm sold in pre-pack
Colourpoint Litho has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a related party, casting off its pandemic-related liabilities in the process.

Awesome Merchandise strives to regain customer trust
Awesome Merchandise’s Texas operation has been shut down as the firm strives to rebuild its reputation following last month’s pre-pack sale to its co-founder, while funding platform Crowdcube is in...

Administrators take charge at historic Arjo mills
UK paper making has been dealt a further blow after Arjowiggins Group’s UK operations – including the historic mills at Stoneywood and Chartham – were placed into administration after the business...

Former Kesslers staff win payout
More than 100 staff affected by the collapse of retail display specialist Kesslers International have been awarded compensation after an employment tribunal judged that no consultation was undertaken...