A statement announcing the closure on Lairds answerphone simply said the business was now closed, and would not be taking any more orders.
Laird, the Nottingham-based outlet, closed on 1 March, with insolvency practitioners PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) appointed as receivers on 3 March to handle the firms affairs.
Set up in 1982, Laird was part of the York & Ford group, which comprises seven nationwide distribution sites.
York & Ford Paper (Southern), based at Littlehampton, was also put into receivership, but a sale of its assets went to independent merchant Elliott Baxter (Ebb Paper) on 9 March.
Ebb Paper will also take on all 15 of the Littlehampton office staff.
Stuart Maddison, partner with PwCs East Midlands branch, said the directors had decided to put two loss-making entities into receivership while trying to save the main business.
York & Ford Papers accounts to 31 March 2003 show a pre-tax loss of 860,000 against a turnover of 32m.
Story by Andy Scott
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