Judging by the number of calls and emails already this morning, it feels like this will be a week when I shall need eyes in the back of my head, a fully-charged mobile phone at all times, and a permanent hotline to the PrintWeek newsdesk in order to keep abreast of developments on a number of hot stories.

One such scorcher is Goodman Baylis, and it will be intriguing to see what happens next in Worcester. The former owners, and now new owners, Clive Parkes and Roger Muir retained ownership of the site, so one must imagine that they are also among those owed money after two administrations in quick succession. Not least, I'm interested in what the assets purchased by the duo actually consist of - as far as I know the major pieces of equipment were leased, so they belong to someone else anyway. When it comes to a list of what was actually owned by a printco subsequent to its demise, it often ends up being reduced to a handful of pallet trucks, some filing cabinets and desks, and a few out-of-date computers.

Certainly, the Goodman Baylis facility is a huge site, perfectly set up for a streamlined print production unit. A nice new base for a ten-colour Speedmaster has just been laid. With one of the few Apollo sheeters being used in UK commercial print it also had something of a special selling point that had appeal to certain print buyers, along with the added attraction of being able to do most things in-house. Unfortunately despite the enviable set-up, the business didn't seem to be able to make an adequate return, no matter who owned it. Will it continue as a printing business? There's some speculation that it could metamorphose into a trade finishing/mailing business.

Could that work? With 120 already out of a job here, and 100 or so redundancies on the cards just down the road at Cooper Clegg in Tewkesbury, it's a bleak time for print workers in the region. Can but hope that a new opportunity emerges out of all of this for at least some of them.