Jobs lost as printing firm plunges into administration

Sheffield printing firm Loop Print has entered administration, leading to 22 job losses.

Loop Print was a specialist litho and digital printer that delivered quality print for clients across the UK. The company operated from Digital Works in Sheffield.

The decision to appoint administrators was made by the directors of Loop Print after suffering from difficult trading conditions within the printing sector. As a result, the company has ceased to trade, and all employees have been made redundant.

Jamie Miller and Gareth Harris of RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP have been appointed Joint Administrators and are reviewing all company assets with a view to maximising realisations for creditors.

Miller said: ‘‘The tough trading environment for the print industry has been well documented with more and more content moving online and unfortunately this has led to another blow for the sector.

“It is with regret that the employees of this long established and well-respected local business have been made redundant and we are working with the Redundancy Payments Service to support all employees to process their claims as quickly as possible.

“We are also seeking to sell the Company’s plant and print equipment to maximise realisations for creditors and would encourage any interest parties to contact us or our agents, Walker Singleton, as quickly as possible.”

Allan Chapman, Director of Walker Singleton, added: “Loop has invested heavily, especially over recent years, in state-of-the-art equipment by industry leading manufacturers. The obligation on the Administrators, and in turn ourselves, is to maximise the financial return for creditors and reflective of all the factors it is likely, if not yet inevitable, that an Online Auction Sale of the Assets will ensue that will provide the opportunity for all interested parties to bid competitively to extend or update their equipment base. “

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