Receivership & administration

Fourth rogue emergency services publisher shut down
A fourth publishing company that misled clients into believing they were advertising in magazines supporting the emergency services has been wound up by the court.

Former Latimer staff win consultation payout
Close to 50 former employees of Latimer Trend & Company, which collapsed just under a year ago, have won their ‘failure to consult’ compensation claims and their lawyer has warned directors to ensure...

Disqualified packaging duo hit with confiscation orders
Two disqualified directors have been ordered to pay more than £80,000 in a confiscation order, or face imprisonment.

SPOT suppliers owed millions at time of admin
Spicers Office Team (SPOT) owed paper and envelope suppliers almost £3m when it went into administration last month, with one paper manufacturer alone owed just under £1.86m.

Admin for two more Kouakou firms
The final two businesses in Landry Kouakou’s short-lived print empire are now in administration, with the business and assets of one operation sold to a retail marketing specialist.

Warning over future for SMEs amid virus crisis
A nationwide network of accountancy firms has warned that nearly one in five SMEs will not survive the next month due to the Covid-19 situation unless more effective rescue packages are put in place.

Taylor Bloxham director moves to Pureprint
Former Taylor Bloxham new business development director Jason Cox has joined Pureprint Group in the same role.

Symposium Print in liquidation
South Wales-based printer Symposium Print has gone into liquidation.

Taylor Bloxham creditors count cost of group's collapse
Taylor Bloxham Group was insolvent on a cashflow and balance sheet basis and had just £20,000 in the bank at the time of its administration, with creditors of the business owed more than £7m.

Laid-off employees now face tribunal
Former employees of Bradley Group companies in Belfast who were laid off last year will now need to take their redundancy claims to a tribunal, after the NI Redundancy Payments Service rejected their...