Receivership & administration
Media boss barred
A director of a publishing and marketing business has been barred after the firm traded to the detriment of HMRC.
Gemini Print shortfall tops £6m
The statement of administrator’s proposal for commercial printer Gemini Print, which ceased trading in June, has revealed that the business had an estimated deficiency of well over £6m when it went...
Charlesworth Press in administration
Administrators have been appointed at H Charlesworth & Co – which trades as Charlesworth Press – just eight weeks after the business merged with TJ Books.
Print boss bankrupted
Matthew Herbert, former director of a number of failed print businesses, has been bankrupted by a creditor.
Under the hood of last month’s most-read stories
While tribulations at two of the UK’s largest print groups topped last month’s ranking of our biggest stories, there were still reasons to be cheerful with a smattering of ramp-ups and start-ups.
Future secured at Sirane following Coppice Alupack deal
Food packaging group Coppice Alupack has stepped in to buy Sirane following the latter's fall into administration a fortnight ago. It plans to rehire 70-80% of the company’s workforce.
Inapa set for insolvency
Portuguese paper distribution group Inapa is set to present the company to insolvency after its German subsidiary also filed for insolvency following a cashflow problem.
Kolbus restructures for sustainable future
Kolbus Germany has entered a self-administration process to allow the business to restructure under the German equivalent of bankruptcy protection.
Administrators appointed at Sirane as 172 jobs lost
Packaging converter Sirane has appointed administrators, with 172 staff made redundant.
Sirane looks to appoint administrators
Packaging converter Sirane has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.