Receivership & administration

Eastland Colour calls in insolvency firm

BREAKING: A firm of insolvency practitioners has been working on the case of Manchester print company Eastland Colour for the past two days.

Acquisitive printer expands litho and finishing capacity

A Welsh printer is to install its third Heidelberg Speedmaster XL and the UK's first Promatrix 106CS die-cutter after taking on staff, a building and work of a company which went into...

55 jobs go as Dobson & Crowther searches for buyer

55 of Dobson & Crowther's 79 employees have been made redundant as the litho printer continues to operate with a skeleton staff while administrators work to find a potential buyer.

Dobson & Crowther falls into administration

Litho printer Dobson & Crowther has fallen into administration, putting 79 jobs at risk at the Llangollen, North Wales-based business.

Warning: horrendous debts ahead

When most of Paperlinx UK was placed into administration at the beginning of April, PrintWeek predicted that the creditors’ list would come with a health warning.

Paperlinx administration reveals financial complexities

Administration and professional fees of almost £3m were racked up in the first six weeks of the hugely complex administration process surrounding Paperlinx UK.

No offers for Tullis Russell as deadline passes

Tullis Russell Papermakers looks almost certain to close after administrators to the Scottish paper mill received no offers for the business and assets by the 18 May deadline.

Whistl suspension hits market evolution

The decision by the UK’s second biggest postal services provider Whistl to suspend final-mile delivery services last week, putting 2,000 jobs at risk, has put back the evolution of a market economy...

Artisan Press goes into administration

UPDATED: Artisan Press has gone into administration with Deloitte, just three months after the family owners announced a three-year plan to “right size” the business.

Tullis Russell administrators arranging site visits for potential purchasers

A potential purchase of the stricken Tullis Russell Papermakers business has moved one step closer.