MPH faces end as petition over Newey granted

The former owners of Newey Print have succeeded with their winding-up petition against Midlands Publishing Holdings (MPH) over a sum of 380,050 outstanding from its acquisition of their firm in July 2002.

William Davenport and Danny Worley had their petition granted last Wednesday (9 July) at Birmingham County Court. International law firm Watson, Farley & Williams was a supporting creditor.

The Official Receiver has been appointed to liquidate MPH, the acquisition vehicle used by Nicholas Humes in his bid to build a print and packaging group. He was a director of Newey Print, which was hit by a successful winding-up petition two weeks ago (PrintWeek, 10 July).

Attempts to contact Humes were unsuccessful as PrintWeek went to press.