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'£100m loss to UK print' warning as rivals scope out Polestar sites

Both Wyndeham owner Walstead Group and Prinovis have confirmed their potential interest in parts of stricken print group Polestar.

Polestar pre-pack leaves huge shortfall

Polestar’s unsecured creditors from the period prior to the pre-pack sale of the business in March were owed more than £235m by the group.

Unite fears following Polestar administration

Unite the Union has expressed its fears for UK print jobs if DMG Media moves its supplements to the continent in the wake of the Polestar pre-pack sale and administration.

Polestar sites go into administration

Polestar UK Print and Polestar Stones-Wheatons have gone into administration, a month after the pre-pack sale of the group to Proventus.

Polestar signs fresh deals with most clients

Polestar claims to have secured more than 90% of its key customer contracts, while a former senior director is back at the business on an interim basis.

Walstead in major continental buy

Wyndeham owner Walstead has turned its sights on central Europe with a further continental acquisition that will propel the group’s total sales to almost £400m and make it the largest independent...

Polestar loses Immediate Media titles

Polestar has lost major publishing client Immediate Media to arch-rival Wyndeham Group as a result of its recent pre-pack.

PwC details Polestar pre-pack

Polestar’s owner Proventus Capital Partners injected a further £11m into the group in December after Sun Capital declined to provide further funding for the business, according to the first...

Polestar enters new phase

Polestar is in a critical post-pre-pack period as it strives to convert customers and suppliers into dealing with the new company. Meanwhile, PwC filings have revealed that Proventus acquired the...

Polestar "in advanced talks" on pre-pack

Polestar could pre-pack again according to a Sky News report.

Lettershop boosts inline formats with new web

YM Group is adding to the capabilities of its Lettershop operation with a Goss Sunday 4000 web.

Wyndeham loses Haymarket contract to William Gibbons

William Gibbons has wrestled the Haymarket consumer division’s web offset contract from Wyndeham Group, breaking a relationship that lasted half a century.