Receivership & administration
YM Group: what went wrong?
There are lots of odd things about the current situation at YM Group, where more than 500 people are out of work after the sudden fall into administration of its three web offset sites.
YM web and bindery kit up for sale
Printing and post-press kit from YM’s Pindar and York Mailing sites is being offered for sale by private treaty.
Deadline looms for YM web sales
It’s a crucial week for future web offset capacity in the UK as the deadline looms for bids on YM Group’s former web offset sites and assets.
Magazines run late after YM web collapse
The fallout from the abrupt closure of YM Group’s three web offset sites continues, with some weekly titles running late and all eyes on the Daily Mail’s first in-house production of its Weekend...
YM workers urged to take up Printing Charity support
The Printing Charity has urged workers left out of pocket by the sudden administration of YM Group’s web division sites to use its support mechanisms as needed.
March headlines overtaken by YM and paper woes
One topic unsurprisingly dominates March’s round-up of the most-read articles on printweek.com: the lead up to and subsequent administration of YM Group’s web division businesses. A month of bad news...
No word yet from Pricoa on YM web debacle
YM Group backer Pricoa is yet to comment on the collapse of the group's three web offset sites, which were placed into administration yesterday.
Administrators take charge at YM web plants
YM Group’s plans to be a dominant player in UK web offset have collapsed into chaos, with FRP Advisory appointed as the administrator of the group's three web division businesses, and staff left...
Your Print Partner in pre-pack sale
Lincoln-based large-format print group Your Print Partner (YPP) was placed into administration on 3 March and sold through a pre-pack arrangement on the same date.
NEC Graph-Fix in administration
NEC Graph-Fix has gone into administration, with the firm’s business and certain assets sold to connected company TNJ Holdings.