Bonza calls in administrators after flights suspended

Budget airline Bonza has fallen into voluntary administration after passengers were left scrambling to find seats on planes following sudden cancellations. Travellers were left stranded in airports across Australia on Tuesday morning amid urgent talks about the future of the airline. ASIC records on Tuesday afternoon showed the company appointed external administrators, named as Hall…

Grollo escapes liquidation of collapsed Grocon empire

Property scion Daniel Grollo has avoided the humiliation of his collapsed Grocon construction empire being liquidated after the tax office and creditors of 88 failed companies voted to accept an arrangement that will see small creditors and employees paid out. Creditors met on Thursday to vote on Mr Grollo’s proposal for an amended Deed of…

Building giant Clough collapses after last-ditch talks fall over

Another construction giant has collapsed, putting the jobs of more than 1200 Australians in jeopardy and impacting the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project. Clough announced today it was being placed into voluntary administration. The perth-based engineering group has been involved in numerous large-scale infrastructure projects around the country, including hydropower, energy, transport and mining. Clough has…

Melbourne firm UGC enters liquidation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said creditors have resolved to wind-up UGC and David Stimpson of SV Partners has been appointed as a liquidator. UGC withdrew its application regarding the cancellation of its Australian financial services licence, which was cancelled on 31 July, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) dismissed that application. An…