Receivership & administration
Polestar begins consultation at Varnicoat with 200 jobs at risk
Up to 200 jobs are at risk at Polestar Varnicoat, after the group revealed more details about its strategy to remove excess capacity and divest itself of unprofitable work.
Character DPM pick up Paramount assets
The assets of failed printer Paramount Print Group have been sold to Liverpool mailing and fulfilment house Character DPM.
35 jobs go as Paramount falls into administration
Paramount Print Group has fallen into administration with half of the 7.5m-turnover company's staff made redundant.
Prolitho owed 1.2m when it ceased trading
Prolitho, which ceased trading earlier this month, left more than 1.2m when it closed it doors including a trade debt of 448,252.
Kendall Press closes its doors
Kendall Press has closed its doors and gone into liquidation, with the liquidator hunting for a buyer.
Inveresk in receivership
Inveresk is in receivership after Ernst & Young were appointed to the speciality paper manufacturer last week, putting the jobs of its 35 staff at risk.
Buhrs closes UK arm
The UK arm of print finishing equipment manufacturer Buhrs, Buhrs UK, has been closed and put into administration.
Staff at administration-hit Broglia Press left unpaid
The majority of Broglia Press's 64 staff have been left unpaid following its fall into administration, while their employment status remains unclear.
Prolitho ceases trading to focus on print management
Croydon-based litho printer Prolitho has ceased trading with the loss of 15 jobs and is set to re-emerge as a print management business.
Buhrs German subsidiary bought out of administration
Manufacturing specialist Winkler+Dnnebier has acquired the business operations of the German arm of finishing equipment manufacturer Buhrs.