Swallowtail Print - which started in the 19th century printing handbills of hangings at Norwich Prison - made all 44 of its employees redundant when it went into administration in June last year.

A tribunal has now found that the company failed to carry out any, or adequate, collective consultation with Unite the Union or its employees, breaching its legal duty.

Swallowtail has been ordered to pay 22 individual claimants against the company the maximum penalty of 90 days' pay, or roughly 13 weeks’ wages.

Swallowtail Print was based at a leased premises on Drayton Industrial Estate near Norwich before entering administration last year (Image: Google Maps)

When an employer plans to make 20 or more redundancies at a single workplace within 90 days, it must collectively consult with a recognised union or elected employee reps under section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

However, because Swallowtail - which was based at a leased premises on Drayton Industrial Estate near........

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