Finance

Advent Colour sold in pre-pack deal to 'new external investor'

Advent Colour and its parent company Advent Digital Imaging have been acquired by an undisclosed third-party after Advent Colour was placed in administration on 1 May.

Johnston Press announces £360m refinance, Formpress disposal and Sky partnership

Johnston Press has announced a £360m refinance alongside the sale of its Republic of Ireland business and a strategic regional advertising partnership with Sky.

Heidelberg arrests five years of losses in 2013/14 preliminary results

Heidelberg is back in the black for the first time in five years, according to its 2013/14 preliminary results, which record a net profit of €4m (£3.3m) on sales of €2.4bn.

Checkprint extends Nationwide contract for five years

Security printer Checkprint has secured a five-year contract extension to provide building society Nationwide Group branches with chequebooks and credit books.

Service Point UK in administration

Service Point UK has been placed into administration ahead of an anticipated pre-pack sale of the business.

Xaar sales settle down after ceramics spike

First quarter trading at Xaar has returned to the “normal seasonal pattern” after last year’s spike.

Octink makes national news

Octink – and one of its brand new Durst wide-format printers – played a starring role on last night’s ITV News at Ten.

Ormside Press bought out of administration by Intoprint

Ormside Press has been sold by its joint administrators Cameron Gunn, Simon Harris and Mark Supperstone of Resolve Partners, to Sheffield-based Intoprint, an unrelated B3 litho, digital and...

New-look investors

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so it’s said. This has certainly been true when it comes to raising funds for growth in recent years; it has been a lean time for securing business loans from...

Arjowiggins to refocus business as parent Sequana announces major debt refinance

Sequana, owner of the Antalis paper merchanting group and Arjowiggins paper mills, has announced details of a refinance of both companies' debt alongside an operational restructure at Arjowiggins.