Receivership & administration

Nicholson & Bass' joint administrators appointed on 11 October

Information gap for Nicholson & Bass admins

Administrators at Nicholson & Bass have been unable to provide a statement of affairs or creditors’ list for the business “due to the non-cooperation of the current and previous director”, in what is...

Print’s major trends of 2019 show no signs of abating

It has been a lively – some would say tumultuous – year for print. Brexit aside, the sector saw a number of major trends in 2019, but perhaps most notably M&A activity, business failures, and...

De La Rue: Unite concern over UK jobs

Unite seeks urgent talks with De La Rue

Unite is seeking “urgent clarification” from De La Rue about the company’s future after it admitted that it could breach banking covenants.

KJB is understood to have been bought out of administration

WM Printing in liquidation; KJB lives on

KJB Print’s brochure division WM Printing Solutions has been placed into liquidation, while Printweek understands that its parent company has been bought out of administration.

Paper mills hit by Aspenlink failure

Paper converting and merchanting business Aspenlink owed creditors nearly £2.7m when it suddenly went bust last month.

Jump Design and Print signs deal for Automedia

Herts-based print procurement firm Jump Design and Print has acquired the goodwill, customer list and order book of David Taylor Automedia after attempts to restructure the business failed.

Hexcite Group business SFD in administration

One of the three businesses brought together by a UK private equity fund to form the Hexcite Group earlier this year has gone into administration.

KJB calls in administrators

KJB Print has gone into administration but its trading status is currently unclear.

Odessa Print Group fails, reprised as Odessa UK

Large-format specialist Odessa Print Group has gone into administration with the business sold as a going concern to its directors and now trading as Odessa UK.

Former Bradley Group firms begin insolvency process

Insolvency proceedings are now underway at two former Bradley Group companies in Belfast after a lengthy delay, while separately queries have been raised over pension deductions related to Nicholson &...