South Wales-based Printall has gone into administration after a planned merger failed to come to fruition, only a short time after Pembrokeshire's largest printer Haven Colourprint closed its doors.

The Bridgend company, managed by John Sheppard, was home to six staff. Administrators were called in on 20 June this year.

Harris Printers, a business based in Mid Glamorgan, is said to be interested in some of the company's kit, which includes litho and digital equipment. There have been no bids to buy the company as a going concern.

The extent of Printall's losses is £235,000, although this figure includes the cost of redundancies and other "unusual costs".

Frank Nicol, insolvency administrator for Houghton Stone Business Recovery, said: "The directors said that a planned merger didn't go through and the firms failed to meet its projected turnover."

The news comes on the back of news that Haven Colourprint was closing, just months after merging with sister company Colourprint UK.

Fellow Pembrokeshire printer Trevor Collins, managing director of Modern Print, said: "Things are difficult at the moment and it is getting slower, there is just not enough business to go round. It is a very tough trading environment here at the moment and it is going to get tougher."