I was looking for places to advertise our latest competition, that free £270 Rab Neutrino Pro Military down jacket:
https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/rab-neutrino-pro-military.990/
When I went to check out the Combat & Survival magazine FB page. Turns out the company that bought it, Impress Digital Press LTD has gone into liquidation. The office team were all unexpectedly made redundant and everyone else linked to the magazine was dropped.
So ends thirty years or so of combat porn for the masses.
"Sadly the company which bought COMBAT & SURVIVAL Magazine plus its sister titles in late 2017 went into Liquidation earlier this year, bringing to an end three decades of monthly print publication of C&S. The office staff were unexpectedly made redundant and the freelance photojournalist contributor team was dropped. For the Insolvency contact details see here:- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp…/11027506/insolvency "
They've had some excellent articles over the years, and some very free-speaking reporting in regards to the British military. I met one of their journo's at the YDS launch of the Eagle, seemed to really enjoy what they did.
There's very little information as to what's happened here, but it's hard to imagine a magazine that's ran for thirty years suddenly shuttering, and so suddenly- there's really nothing about it, looks like it came as a total surprise.
Death by digital do we think?
Edit: Having looked at it in a bit more detail, I suspect there's more to this. The company that bought and took over C&S and other titles was only incorporated in 2017. Registered to a business accountants address, shared by numerous other businesses of little or no worth, and quickly wrapped up a year later. Odd. Their books show that they owed about £80,000 at the time of liquidation if I've read it right.
https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/reviews/rab-neutrino-pro-military.990/
When I went to check out the Combat & Survival magazine FB page. Turns out the company that bought it, Impress Digital Press LTD has gone into liquidation. The office team were all unexpectedly made redundant and everyone else linked to the magazine was dropped.
So ends thirty years or so of combat porn for the masses.
"Sadly the company which bought COMBAT & SURVIVAL Magazine plus its sister titles in late 2017 went into Liquidation earlier this year, bringing to an end three decades of monthly print publication of C&S. The office staff were unexpectedly made redundant and the freelance photojournalist contributor team was dropped. For the Insolvency contact details see here:- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp…/11027506/insolvency "
They've had some excellent articles over the years, and some very free-speaking reporting in regards to the British military. I met one of their journo's at the YDS launch of the Eagle, seemed to really enjoy what they did.
There's very little information as to what's happened here, but it's hard to imagine a magazine that's ran for thirty years suddenly shuttering, and so suddenly- there's really nothing about it, looks like it came as a total surprise.
Death by digital do we think?
Edit: Having looked at it in a bit more detail, I suspect there's more to this. The company that bought and took over C&S and other titles was only incorporated in 2017. Registered to a business accountants address, shared by numerous other businesses of little or no worth, and quickly wrapped up a year later. Odd. Their books show that they owed about £80,000 at the time of liquidation if I've read it right.
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