Receivership & administration

Gardners admin report reveals large sums owed to creditors
Documents filed by the administrators of wide-format printer Gardners have revealed that the company owed nearly £5.5m to its creditors.

Director barred over excess payments
One of the directors of a family-owned print business that went bust owing more than £2.5m has been disqualified.

Seriousness trumps silliness in August’s listicle
While it’s traditionally dubbed the silly season, when it comes to what dominated the August headlines in the mainstream media at least, there wasn’t an awful lot to laugh about in last month’s crop...

Pre-pack at Awesome Merchandise
Awesome Merchandise has gone into administration, with certain assets sold to a new company set up by co-founder Luke Hodson.

Long-standing Essex firm shuttered
A fifty-year-old family printing business has gone into administration despite its owners selling their house in an attempt to keep the business going.

Warwick Print Co owners confident over debts
Bosses at Warwick Printing Company are confident the firm will be able to pay off all its debts, and even leave a six-figure surplus – providing it achieves the expected price tag for its factory.

Staff await payment after print firm shuttered
A longstanding family-owned print business has gone into members voluntary liquidation, with employees claiming they have been given mixed messages about how and when they will be paid their wages and...

Liquidators confirmed at Ivanhoe Caledonian
Liquidators have confirmed that Ivanhoe Caledonian has closed its doors with all staff made redundant, citing the pandemic and the resulting loss of work as the cause of its demise.

July headlines make a big deal of deals
While the passing of one of print's most polarising figures dominated July's list of most read articles, deals were undoubtedly the overarching trend. And while their successful conclusions, in terms...

Former YM director calls for investigation into group's affairs
A former director of YM Group has gone public with his concerns about the way the business was being run long before its web division collapsed and the group went into administration – and claims...