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No deal: John Duplock, Magnify Media
TMagnify out
he administrators at
one of Melbourne’s major large-format print
businesses, Magnify Media, has pulled the plug, with the company now in liquidation after racking up debts approaching $5m.
The business – operated by well-known industry identity John Duplock – has been under administration since Christmas Eve, with four parties showing interest in buying it, but no deal has eventuated.
Magnify has known debts to unsecured creditors of $3.6m. 21
Debbie Burgess is new BWomen in Print NSW Patron
right Print Group joint In another change to the managing director and Patrons, Marisa Smyrneos from well-known industry Graphic Print Group, who was
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identity, Debbie Burgess, is the new NSW Patron for industry association Women in Print.
Burgess said, “I have had a wonderful career within the print industry, and to now have the opportunity to be the NSW Patron for Women in Print, a terrific organisation that has given so much to me working in this industry, is a real honour.
I am really looking forward to working with the Women in Print team and patrons.”
Susan Heaney, chair of Women in Print and managing director of Heaney’s Performers in Print said, “I am thrilled to have Debbie on the Board as the NSW Patron to share ideas, support and continue to build the wonderful momentum of the Women in Print initiatives.
Honour: Debbie Burgess
“The process was a difficult one, with solid candidates applying. The Board had a very difficult decision on their hands however, Debbie was a standout with her reputation, passion and leadership credentials."
She succeeds former incumbent Natalie Taylor, who left the industry for a tree change late last year.
the joint SA Patron with Sandy Aspinall, has stepped down after four years with Women in Print as she departs for maternity leave.
Debbie Burgess is the joint managing director of Bright Print Group, a third-generation family business that employs 110 staff at two sites, in Wetherill Park and Newcastle.
This year is her 31st year with the organisation, and together with her brother, John Bright, they have grown and transformed the Bright Print Group into one of Australia’s most highly-awarded and certified print and related services companies.
Women in Print relaunched last year and is now registered as an independent entity. 21
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