Sasha deBretton — perth’s self-styled queen of rich-list renovations — has placed her group of companies, including the flagship Million Dollar Makeovers, into liquidation. As of the first week of this month, three of Ms deBretton’s firms were in the hands of liquidators Cameron Shaw and Brent Kijurina, working for accountants Hall Chadwick. In contrast…
A business renovation company owned by reality TV star Sky Wheatley’s partner is on the brink of collapse after it was unable to pay back its debts. Shopfit Co, run by I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Australia winner Wheatley’s tradie partner Lachlan Waugh has entered external administration and has been taken over by third party…
Major retailer Johnny’s Furniture has gone into administration due to a “significant decline in revenue”. The company had 15 stores in Australia at the height of its 10-plus years in operation. That has been reduced to eight — four stores in Queensland, three in New South Wales and one in Victoria. Company directors are scrambling…
As many as “hundreds” of weddings have been plunged into disarray after a bridal shop collapsed into voluntary liquidation. On Monday, The Bridal Atelier Pty Ltd, a bridal shop in melbourne, appointed liquidators. Staff at the company are shocked and have been left to field calls from distraught brides concerned their wedding plans have gone…
Dozens of perth couples have been left heartbroken after a popular wedding videographer shut its doors without warning. Launch Film Productions, which is one of the city’s biggest wedding media companies, has gone into liquidation, with owner John Wilson failing to appear in federal court today to face allegations. Candice Mijat paid $5000 to have…
Another start up NSW builder SMLXL has been placed into liquidation, leaving several major projects in a state of flux including Mona Vale Golf Course, who after recently gutting their current club house were suddenly advised that their builder SMLXL projects had suddenly and without warning been placed into liquidation. ChannelNews understands that both retailers…
The business’s website is down but archived pages include a blog post from February that said the business had hired extra support staff and started up its own team of bricklayers to tackle its workload. “With supply chain issues and border restrictions, it’s fair to say WA builder’s have had to adapt (or bust)!,” it…
A sydney franchise of UFC Gym Australia has collapsed into liquidation, owing $1.2million. UFC Macarthur Square, based in Sydney’s south-west, went into liquidation a month ago, with all employees sacked a few days later. It comes after the parent companies behind the UFC Gym Australia brand collapsed in May, following a damning court judgement which ordered…
This week, melbourne’s Burnley Brewing has announced that it has entered into liquidation, marking a continuation of a now well-established trend that has seen more than 20 breweries enter into either voluntary administration or liquidation over the past year alone. According to an update published to ASIC, “notice is given that at a general meeting…
Former top perth insolvency accountant Oren Zohar is at the messy end of a $2 million-plus clean-up after the sale of swish home renovator Joyce Kitchens. Mr Zohar, a WA pioneer of KordaMentha two decades ago, has put the former Joyce factory, retail and renovation companies into liquidation after selling the retail operations of the…