THE company overseeing The Outdoor Furniture Specialists chain has gone into administration amid increasingly tough times for the retail sector. The Brisbane-based company is the head franchisor for 46 stores across Australia and claims to be the largest specialist outdoor furniture retailer in the country. Franchise store operators contacted yesterday said they were continuing to…
Much has been said about the benefits SMEs will see from new draft legislation recently proposed by the Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services authorising the Australian Taxation Office to disclose business tax debts to credit reporting bureaus. While the stated aim is to help the SME sector, in reality SMEs will be largely…
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New Delhi: Bankers have decided that they will negotiate only with the highest bidder when resolving cases of corporate insolvency. The decision was taken at a meeting held by the Indian Banks’ Association on Monday following consultations with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and resolution professionals. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) hasn’t…
The number of individuals in the UK declaring insolvency has increased for the second year running, with a return to levels 99,196 people not seen since the post-2008 recession. Rates rose by 9.4% over the course of the year from a figure of 90,657 people in 2016. Since the economic recovery following the the 2008…
A recent court order is likely to impact the way resolution plans for stressed companies are being designed. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal held that a plan that envisages resolution of only some assets while excluding others is not acceptable. The NCLT said so in the case of Roofit Industries that…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption RBS chief executive Ross McEwan told MPs a 2014 claim was ‘not right’ RBS boss Ross McEwan has admitted a statement he made claiming that bank’s Global Restructuring Group helped most of its business customers was wrong. He made the admission to MPs on the Treasury Select Committee on…
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan speaks during an interview with Reuters at Canary Wharf in London Thomson Reuters By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland’s restructuring business did not turn around the “vast majority” of small businesses it worked with, Chief Executive Ross McEwan said on Tuesday in response…
In September 2017, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) registered NeSL as the first information utility (IU). Photo: Mint Mumbai: State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday signed an agreement with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) to share information under the insolvency regulation. In September 2017, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India…