Specialist printer in administration

BEMROSE Booth, the printing group with an operation in Hull, has gone into administration.

The company was a major supplier of printed rail tickets and employs 160 people in Derby, 125 in Hull and 34 in Thornaby on Tees, and blames increasing competition from developing countries for the move.

It was the largest supplier of car parking tickets in the UK and also produced rail and event tickets, phone cards, business diaries and calendars.

Earlier this month 26 staff were made redundant in Derby after a decision to stop producing telecom scratch cards.

Joint administrator David Rubin said the aim was to try to save viable parts of the business.