Receivership & administration
Liquidators take charge at Ashgate
Ashgate Automation has officially been placed in liquidation.
Deadline set for Deanprint bids
Bids for the historic Deanprint business need to be in by next week and a meeting of creditors has been called for Manchester Printers Ltd as the troubled group continues to unravel, with accounts for...
Ashgate Automation closes doors
Ashgate Automation has closed after 34 years in business, leaving Finnish manufacturer Fastbind without a UK distributor.
Chelma Graphics back in independent ownership as Manchester Printers downsizing continues
A further three meetings of creditors have been called for firms that are part of the Manchester Printers Group of companies with an NOI filed against another, while Chelma Graphics has been acquired...
Royal Mail woes dominate March headlines
Warnings of further strikes, changes in parent group shareholdings, stamp price rises, a referral to Ofcom, and even questions hanging over the future of the business meant that Royal Mail dominated...
Snows Business Forms admins reveal more as various assets sold
The joint administrators of long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms have outlined the circumstances that lead to the closure of the business, and...
Snows Business Forms in administration
Long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms has gone into administration.
Manchester Printers Group status unclear
The future for Manchester Printers Group is unclear after the former owner of one of its string of acquisitions was forced to buy his business back out of administration.
YM web admins extended, figures updated
A YM Group newspaper industry client was a major creditor of its failed web division, Printweek can reveal.
Screaming Colour bids revealed
Three bids were made for Screaming Colour before Pureprint was successful with its six-figure offer for the firm’s box making division.