Herdman is the former Paperlinx employee who engineered the Crowdfunding.co.uk bid attempting to buy back the company from administrators Deloitte along with a backer he describes as a ‘London-based global investment firm who have a large portfolio of publishing businesses’—Metropolis International.

Herdman says of Price’s involvement: “He was a shadow part of the bid and was fully behind buying VTS, but he was restricted by his termination which is why he had to be careful.”

He announced on social media that ‘the bid from Metropolis International was rejected by Deloitte and they wish to pursue another bid placed by a party in a more advanced position’, before going on to name that party as Antalis, information he attributes to Andrew Price.



However, when questioned by former Paperlinx colleagues as to how Price obtained knowledge of an Antalis bid, Herdman could only speculate that it was because he was ‘in higher places than most’, prompting one disgruntled ex-Paperlinx employee to comment: “Seemingly Mr price dangles the proverbial carrot but seems unable/unwilling to put some conviction behind his alleged information? Shame! ”

Before the bid rejection, a question and answer session with Price was in negotiation, although as the subject matter was outlined as concerning the VTS bid and it was stated several times that it was not to be a slanging match from an angry former workforce, it is unclear as to whether this will go ahead.

If the purported bid from Antalis is accepted, the already strong company will undoubtedly be an unparalleled force within the sign and graphics industry.

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