Receivership & administration

Commercial printer and publisher Higgs Group has taken on some of the assets and premises of the recently liquidated Victoria Printing Works (Kingston).

Kent-based digital and screen wide-format printer ESP Technologies Group has been acquired in a pre-pack administration deal by newly formed company Mattech Enterprises.

Vale Press has purchased the assets and trading name of Berkshire-based Keeps Printing, which went into administration last month.

Berkshire-based Keeps Printing has fallen into administration, leading to five redundancies.

Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing operation, officially closed its doors last Friday (2 June), leading to 35 further redundancies.

Calendars & Diaries of Bristol, which trades as Brunel Promotions and BrunelPrint, has been acquired out of administration by Novercal, a sister company to Rose Calendars.

Portsmouth-based commercial printer PPG Print has been subject to a pre-pack deal, saving 12 jobs but leading to approximately 18 redundancies.

Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing facility, has fallen into administration just under a year after it was bought in an MBO following the collapse of Polestar.

London-based wide-format printer Four Graphics has been subject to a pre-pack administration deal that has seen its assets and goodwill purchased by two separate companies, saving 24 jobs.

Leeds-based envelope and packaging overprinter Wepos, which traded as Print On, has closed down after HMRC issued a winding-up petition against the business in March.