Receivership & administration

Addo Printing has gone into administration, just a year after its managing director bought the business out of administration in a pre-pack deal.

An independently owned sheetfed printer has gone into administration after more than 100 years in business.

Thames Print has shut its doors just seven days after it bought DMA Print from administrators in a phoenix deal.

It is one of the thorniest issues in business, and particularly in print, a sector that seems to have had more than its fair share of them – whether to pre-pack and what others think of those that do.

The demise of digital doyen 1st Byte sent shockwaves through the industry that in many ways seemed out of proportion to its relatively modest size.

Kevin Dunstall’s Cogent B2B business, which he used to acquire St Ives Direct Bradford two years ago, has been compulsorily struck off at Companies House.

DMA Print has been bought out of administration by its parent company in a phoenix deal completed yesterday.

The BPIF will sit alongside 11 other trade and professional bodies overseeing a new voluntary pre-pack assessment system, the Pre Pack Pool.

Unsecured creditors of Paperlinx UK still do not know if they will receive a meaningful pay-out or not, six months on from the administration of its operations.

London-based digital specialist 1st Byte has been placed in administration, with fellow central London firm Rapidity buying some of its assets and its standalone business card operation.