48 jobs lost as Drapkin folds

After over 100 years, one of Birminghams longest established printers has collapsed with the loss of 48 jobs.

According to administrator KPMG, Louis Drapkin, which printed brochures and leaflets, owed unsecured creditors around 700,000.
Joint receiver Mark Orton told the Birmingham Mail that the firm went into receivership due to falling turnover and squeezed margins.

"It was a family business and the management team were understandably very upset to see it go," he said.

It follows the fall of another long-established printer in the West Midlands, Albany House, before Christmas.