Faculty demise leaves paper firms to pick up pieces

Paper suppliers are among the largest unsecured creditors of Poole-based printer Faculty, which has been placed into liquidation with Smith & Williamson.

The firms aggregate debt is 1.08m and creditors include A1 Paper (15,445), Clarence Paper Sales (50,581), Elliot Baxter Paper & Company (170,112), Papyrus (9,299), Premier Paper Group (33,923), Rosemount Paper (12,951) and Southern Paper Group (55,300).

As PrintWeek went to press the status of Faculty was unclear with Smith & Williamson unable to confirm whether the assets and goodwill of the company had been sold.

One creditor said: "We were informed that there was a problem on 6 June. We are pursuing Faculty for a considerable sum, but whether or not we get anything is another matter."