Receivership & administration

Part of the enormous and complex Scitex line. Image: NCM Auctions

Mega sale of Communisis kit imminent

Hundreds of items of printing, post-press and ancillary kit from the shuttered Communisis sites in Leeds and Liverpool will go up for auction later this month.

Zaikio: Heidelberg’s know-how meets agile philosophy

Zaikio enters liquidation

German company Zaikio, known for its cloud-based data and app platform, has gone into liquidation.

Sadness as Nottingham Trade Finishers closes doors

Nottingham Trade Finishers has ceased trading after being hit with a downturn in business and increased costs.

UK Printing Company appointed administrators from FRP Advisory on 27 March

UK Printing Company pre-packs

Wide-format and promotional print specialist UK Printing Company (UKPC) has undergone a pre-pack sale to S43 Trading Limited, a new company set up by UKPC director Adam Robinson.

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Last month’s listicle brightened with a few rays of sunshine

While March may have been on the damp side weatherwise, there were smatterings of sunshine in Printweek’s ranking of our most read stories. Chief among them were a brace of high-profile start-ups and,...

Severn: "strong resilience throughout 2020"

Severn Print shortfall revealed

Administrators of shuttered digital printer Severn Print have revealed the firm had an estimated deficiency of £3.5m when it entered administration.

Transactions were to the detriment of the company and its creditors

Marketing boss banned

The boss of a marketing services company has received a lengthy ban for abuse of the Bounce Back Loan scheme.

Investigators discovered the company had made false and misleading statements

Co-directors barred over BBL

Two co-directors of a branding and signage business have been disqualified for abusing the Bounce Back Loan scheme.

The buy is Riccobono Group's most significant expansion outside France

German gravure printer bankrupt

The European gravure printing market has been dealt a further blow after Germany’s Tiefdruck Schwann-Bagel (TSB) filed for insolvency just five months after being acquired by another continental...

Sadly, shortest month sees no shortage of business failures

February’s listicle once again highlighted several struggling and closing print businesses, although there was still room for Walstead’s powerful new CEO Debbie Read, plus the tale of a major cannabis...