Receivership & administration

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.

Sadness as Evoteam is shuttered
Evoteam has ceased trading after a pandemic-induced reduction in work made the business unsustainable.

Edwardthompson to close after 155 years
A historic North East print firm is set to close its doors after the coronavirus pandemic halved its sales.

Husband and wife directors barred
A husband and wife team have been disqualified from acting as directors after failing to keep adequate records at their signage business.

Kesslers International shortfall tops £17m
Kesslers International had an estimated total deficiency of more than £17m when it went into administration at the end of last year, with HMRC owed more than £2.6m and inter-group figures also adding...