Future Crops declared bankrupt: all equipment in online auction at … – hortidaily.com

Poeldijk-based vertical farm Future Crops has been declared bankrupt. For this reason, all equipment belonging to the baby lettuce and herb producer will be auctioned through Troostwijk Auctions’ platform. The lots can be bid on from Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 16:00. The auction closes on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 10:00. The Dutch-Israeli company…

Mentoring and coaching company shut down for financial irregularities – GOV.UK

Lighthouse International Group wound up by the High Court in the public interest. Lighthouse International Group Holdings Trading LLP has been wound-up in the public interest by the High Court following an Insolvency Service investigation. Lighthouse was incorporated in 2012, and purported to offer life coaching services as well as mentoring, career and business development…

Devolution is not the answer to local councils' crippling financial … – Prospect Magazine

Earlier this month, hundreds of residents stood outside Croydons Town Hall chanting, shouting and waving hastily designed banners. This was a community under enormous strain.  Having been declared bankrupt last November for the third time in two years after struggling with high debts and poor investments, Croydon Council reluctantly voted to increase council tax by…

Company insolvencies increase 70% year-on-year as key sectors hit … – Irish Examiner

The number of company insolvencies increased by 70% year-on-year in the first three months of 2023, according to the latest figures from credit risk analyst CRIFVision-Net. Annual data for January, February and March suggest that inflationary pressures have added further concern for businesses, with a rise in insolvencies across ten counties. Sectors such as hospitality…

Australian supermarkets get a year to solve soft plastics recycling – Plastics News

Australia’s antitrust regulator, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, has proposed granting the nation’s three major supermarket chains a year to resolve post-consumer soft plastic recycling. In November 2022, the ACCC granted conditional interim authorization to the Coles, Woolworths and Aldi chains to solve the problem after the only post-consumer collection company, REDcycle, initially suspended…

Singaporean judge joins invitation-only US insolvency association … – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – A Singaporean judge has been inducted as an international fellow at the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB), an association of global bankruptcy and insolvency experts that includes judges, academics, government officials and financial advisors. Justice Kannan Ramesh is the first Singaporean judge to be invited to join the association. The Singapore courts said…