1 Reflections shuts, employees left in lurch 5,053 clicks
Staff at Reflections Print Finishers have been left out of work and unpaid after the business was abruptly shuttered.
2 2025 Printweek Awards winners revealed at Festival of Print 3,645 clicks
The 2025 Printweek Awards delivered on its Festival of Print theme and then some, with well over 550 guests celebrating the best the UK print industry has to offer.
3 Blackwell Print closes doors 3,469 clicks
A Great Yarmouth-based printer with a history stretching back to 1870 has ceased trading and is set to enter liquidation.
4 Chroma Group appoints administrators and closes doors 3,255 clicks
Chroma Group has fallen into administration due to “insurmountable challenges” including the loss of a major print management client, which previously placed monthly volumes up to six figures, with no apparent warning.
5 Admin process underway at Reflections Print Finishers 3,157 clicks
Bosses at Reflections Print Finishers have filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators.
6 TJ Books shortfall revealed 2,899 clicks
TJ Books ran out of cash following its disastrous pre-pack acquisition of the H Charlesworth & Co business, leaving an estimated shortfall of more than £5m before being rescued by Clays.
7 Royal Mail takeover delayed, bulk mail class action goes ahead 2,374 clicks
The proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company has been delayed because of political unrest in Romania.
8 Reflections situation drags on, Hastings linked to newco 2,115 clicks
Employees at Reflections Print Finishers remain in limbo with administrators still not appointed at the Sidcup firm – while details about a new company attached to managing director Luke Hastings have also emerged.
9 Multiprint (Scotland) closes doors 1,961 clicks
Liquidators have been appointed at Kirkcaldy-based Multiprint (Scotland), with its owners closing the business due to their retirement and what they described as a general decline in demand.
10 Direct on Demand Print boss speaks out after liquidation 1,885 clicks
Garment and fabric printer Direct on Demand Print managing director Matthew Armitage has called himself "the biggest loser" of his business' failure after the firm entered liquidation on 7 March.
