Publisher goes into administration

A PUBLISHING company in Bristol that specialises in producing magazines and online content for the business-to-business, property and education sectors has collapsed into administration.

Wildfire Media has appointed business recovery firm Leonard Curtis as administrators, according to public records site The Gazette.

Wildfire, which was based at the Paintworks trading estate on Bath Road, was behind a range of print and digital publications, including University Business and Independent Education Today. The company was also behind Bristol Property Live – a weekly paper and website.

According to its website, Wildfire worked with customers including Bristol 24/7, Savills, Google, Microsoft and Sony. The business also ran events, including the College and University Business Officers Awards and the annual ISE exhibition.

Andrew Beckingham and

Siann Huntley, of Leonard Curtis’s Bristol Queen’s Square office, are overseeing the administration. The directors of Wildfire Media are named as John Kingston and Robert Tomblin on Companies House.

It is not yet clear why the business collapsed or how many jobs are at risk. There are 26 people listed on Linkedin as connected to the company.

The administrators and Wildfire Media have not responded to a request for comment.