The status of Lick Group, formed to buy the assets of Lick UK just a year earlier, was shrouded in mystery after staff were sent home and managing director Linden Kitson resigned his directorship – the business was eventually liquidated…

Polestar began a strategic review of its operations to trim around a quarter of its web offset capacity and 150 office staff, while changes to shift patterns at a number of plants resulted in additional jobs lost…

Aldridge Print Group went into administration, with parts of it taken on by Blue Printing Group. Aldridge was subsequently found to have failed owing £2m to creditors… Wyndeham announced it was to shut its Apple web offset business after contract losses…

Communisis bought the Bristol site of Orchestra, which produced the BBC TV licence, after the company fell to the administrators… Slough-based Andrews Finishing went into administration at a cost of 60 jobs as a result of the declining web offset sector…

Maurice Payne Colourprint reportedly closed its doors with 60 staff sent home with no pay… Nuffield Press, rumoured to be considering a merger with Maurice Payne Colourprint (MPC), went into administration… Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchisees settled potential legal action over ‘lack of support’ against franchise owner ODC… First UK HP Print Station revealed… Xerox Global Document Outsourcing wins major contract with supermarket chain Morrisons…