Receivership & administration

Employees at Maurice Payne Colourprint (MPC) remain unpaid while the company is not trading, but are unable to claim redundancy as the firm has not been put in administration.

Mystery surrounds the status of Theale, Reading-based printer Maurice Payne Colourprint (MPC).

Former print director Myles Bunyard has appeared in court charged with defrauding almost 18,000.

Print and design business Ethedo Press has closed its doors and gone into administration; however a continuation of the business appears to be in the offing.

The final legal claim against Yorkshire printer Technoprint over its purchase of part of failed printer Sessions of York has been withdrawn, almost a year after it took over the business.

Print and packaging is one of the sectors with fewer companies in trouble year-on-year, according to the latest Red Flag statistics from Begbies Traynor.

A source close to Richard Desmond has refuted claims that the media mogul was the main factor behind the closure of Sport Media Group (SMG).

A sale of the business of Alito Color Group back to its previous management has been completed, according to the administrator.

Ministers have vowed to alter insolvency laws to make pre-pack sales clear and fair. But what changes are being proposed and will they work?