Receivership & administration

Deanprint in administration
Deanprint is now officially in administration after attempts to sell the business fell through.

Arjo brand deals revealed
Antalis snapped up the Arjowiggins brands and stock for a seven-figure sum, Printweek can reveal.

Historic Deanprint shuttered
It looks like it’s the end of the line for the historic Deanprint business after potential interest in the company failed to result in a sale.

Liquidators take charge at Ashgate
Ashgate Automation has officially been placed in liquidation.

Deadline set for Deanprint bids
Bids for the historic Deanprint business need to be in by next week and a meeting of creditors has been called for Manchester Printers Ltd as the troubled group continues to unravel, with accounts for...

Ashgate Automation closes doors
Ashgate Automation has closed after 34 years in business, leaving Finnish manufacturer Fastbind without a UK distributor.

Chelma Graphics back in independent ownership as Manchester Printers downsizing continues
A further three meetings of creditors have been called for firms that are part of the Manchester Printers Group of companies with an NOI filed against another, while Chelma Graphics has been acquired...

Royal Mail woes dominate March headlines
Warnings of further strikes, changes in parent group shareholdings, stamp price rises, a referral to Ofcom, and even questions hanging over the future of the business meant that Royal Mail dominated...

Snows Business Forms admins reveal more as various assets sold
The joint administrators of long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms have outlined the circumstances that lead to the closure of the business, and...

Snows Business Forms in administration
Long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms has gone into administration.