The malevolent shade of Robert Maxwell will haunt businesses and individuals for years if not generations, and the latest victim to declare is printing systems and process control group Harland Simon Plc, whose shares plunged by 327 pence to hit 258 pence yesterday after it warned that profits for the year to March will be around UKP4m against UKP10.4m last time, with the biggest factor bad debts of UKP750,000 from Maxwell companies and business generating UKP2m profit that it will not now get from the firms; it is also taking a UKP1m charge to cover the costs of a restructuring.
