Small business insolvency rises by 6pc in first quarter – http://smallbusiness.co.uk

Distress signal: construction, admin and retail are all seeing greatest number of insolvencies Small business insolvency rose by 6.3pc in the first three months of 2019 compared with the previous quarter. There were 4,187 company insolvencies between January and March this year, according to The Insolvency Service. Construction, administration and retail sectors all struggling with…

Electoral commission accused of failing to investigate Palmer candidates – The Guardian

The former One Nation senator Rodney Culleton and Huw Kingston, the independent challenging energy minister Angus Taylor in the New South Wales seat of Hume, have blasted the Australian Electoral Commission for failing to investigate the potential ineligibility of Clive Palmers United Australia party candidates. Kingston, whose UAP opponent in the seat south of Sydney…

Deal-maker Michael Fotios declared bankrupt – The West Australian

Perth mining boss Michael Fotios has been declared bankrupt after a long-running battle with the Australian Taxation Office. The Federal Court ordered yesterday his estate be sequestrated under the Bankruptcy Act, after an application by the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation. Mr Fotios declined to comment. The bankruptcy will automatically disqualify him from being a director,…

Top Stories – Personal insolvencies remain 16 percent up year-on-year – Credit Strategy

According to The Insolvency Service, the fall was largely driven by a decrease in the number of individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), though both debt relief orders (DROs) and bankruptcies fell slightly from Q4 2018. In all, there were 115,319 personal insolvencies in 2018. The quarter-on-quarter decrease in total individual insolvencies in the first quarter of…

Indian appellate tribunal allows insolvency case vs RCom to proceed: report – Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A man speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past a closed shop painted with an advertisement of Reliance Communications in Mumbai, India, February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) – An Indian appellate tribunal has lifted a stay on insolvency proceedings against business tycoon Anil Ambanis debt-laden Reliance Communications, the Economic…