Staff and suppliers are facing an agonising wait to learn how much of their debt they will recover in the fall-out from Butler and Tanner’s closure.

Surely in the pecking order, staff wages should be paid before suppliers, and not passed on to the government?

Alistair Gough, Paper-Co managing director and NAPM president, said: “We have no reason to question the statements Mike Dolan has made regarding the liquidation of assets and suppliers being paid.” Reading between the lines Alistair…...You have no reason to question, as you already know…. How much is your group in for?

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