Receivership & administration

Investigation found that trading was carried on to the detriment of HMRC

Four year ban for print boss

The founder of a small printing business has been disqualified after failing to register a payroll scheme or make the necessary payments to HMRC.

Datum: restructuring in order to remain competitive in the market

Datum restructures

A restructure at Hertfordshire-based Datum has seen a new company emerge, while Datum Colour Print (Hatfield) has gone into voluntary liquidation.

Accounts, admins and alleged abuse among July’s must reads

YM Group’s delayed and subsequently filed accounts, an extension to the administration of the Howard Hunt group of companies, and a ‘gangmaster’ scandal involving the alleged exploitation and abuse of...

Howard Hunt collapsed into administration in 2019

Howard Hunt administration extended to 2023

The administration of the Howard Hunt group of companies has been extended again, due to unresolved matters including more than £1m in directors’ loans that remain outstanding.

Polestar: flagship Sheffield supersite began winding down five years' ago this week

Final Polestar company dissolved

Five years after its ignominious collapse, the last remaining Polestar Group company has finally been dissolved.

The Zanders mill is near Cologne in Germany

End of the line for historic papermaker

Zanders Paper has gone into liquidation after attempts to save the business via a financial restructure proved unsuccessful.

CF Labels supplied and manufactured a wide range of labels. Image: Google Maps

A4 Laser Labels acquires CF Labels in pre-pack

Self-adhesive label manufacturer CF Labels has been acquired by connected party A4 Laser Labels in a pre-pack deal.

Matthews the Printers: "We’ve got through two recessions... but this one has just beaten us"

Sadness as pandemic forces closure

A long-established and highly-respected London printing company is set to close after the pandemic laid waste to sales.

Printweek editor, Darryl Danielli

Magic money tree has propped us up, but it is due to be felled soon

Back in September, a consortium of printing industry trade bodies gloomily wrote to the chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that 3,000 print business would be at risk of sinking without a trace if...

Insolvency Service: banned director's behaviour was totally unacceptable

Point-of-sale boss banned

The boss of a signage and display printer has received a lengthy ban of 10 years after a six-figure false invoicing scandal.