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| Christmas card maker Schoolcardshop stops trading | |
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| A firm that sells Christmas cards based on pupils’ artwork to raise funds for schools has gone out of business in the busiest period of the year. | A firm that sells Christmas cards based on pupils’ artwork to raise funds for schools has gone out of business in the busiest period of the year. |
| Schoolcardshop sold personalised cards and gifts through schools to pupils’ families and others. A message on its website said its Edinburgh-based parent company, Dynamic Colour, was no longer trading. | Schoolcardshop sold personalised cards and gifts through schools to pupils’ families and others. A message on its website said its Edinburgh-based parent company, Dynamic Colour, was no longer trading. |
| In an email to customers, seen by BBC Scotland, the Schoolcardshop team said it would not be able to produce this year’s products as Dynamic Colour was in the process of appointing a liquidator. | In an email to customers, seen by BBC Scotland, the Schoolcardshop team said it would not be able to produce this year’s products as Dynamic Colour was in the process of appointing a liquidator. |
| The BBC reported that the email said: “This has come as a shock to all of us and we’ve been trying hard to bring operations to a clean conclusion. Unfortunately, due to the situation we find ourselves in we are unable to continue in any form.” | The BBC reported that the email said: “This has come as a shock to all of us and we’ve been trying hard to bring operations to a clean conclusion. Unfortunately, due to the situation we find ourselves in we are unable to continue in any form.” |
| It added: “We are sorry that all participating children and parents will not now receive their cards and gifts, but the matter is completely out of our control.” | It added: “We are sorry that all participating children and parents will not now receive their cards and gifts, but the matter is completely out of our control.” |
| Schoolcardshop’s website says it has been providing schools with “extremely high-quality printed products to help with their fundraising initiatives” for nearly 10 years. It allowed families to create and personalise cards, while schools retained a proportion of the money spent by families on the products. | Schoolcardshop’s website says it has been providing schools with “extremely high-quality printed products to help with their fundraising initiatives” for nearly 10 years. It allowed families to create and personalise cards, while schools retained a proportion of the money spent by families on the products. |
| Other products printed by the company included drawing books, gift labels, mugs and T-shirts. | Other products printed by the company included drawing books, gift labels, mugs and T-shirts. |
| The brief update on the Schoolcardshop website stated: “Please note that Dynamic Colour (Schoolcardshop’s parent company) is no longer trading. Further details will be available here in due course.” | The brief update on the Schoolcardshop website stated: “Please note that Dynamic Colour (Schoolcardshop’s parent company) is no longer trading. Further details will be available here in due course.” |
| No one was available to comment at Dynamic Colour. | No one was available to comment at Dynamic Colour. |