Receivership & administration

UKPC admins reveal shortfall
Administrators at UK Printing Company (UKPC), which phoenixed in late March, have published details of the pre-pack sale of the business.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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...