Melbourne company collapses owing $900k

An Australian company has collapsed leaving a trail of creditors owed more than $900,000, including up to 20 customers who had paid deposits but never had the work done. melbourne (Wholesale) Roller Shutters went into liquidation in March with 41 unsecured credits left out of pocket by $908,000, according to an initial report from liquidators…

Cricket tour company insolvent for three years before collapse

Calypso Destinations fell over with $2.3 million in unsecured creditors including Tyler himself, who is listed as claiming $924,000 in “loans to the company” that he made. The liquidator’s report said Tyler may have a defence against insolvent trading claims because of advances made to the company that were under continuing investigation. Tyler declined to…

Major Melbourne company collapses owing $29m

An Australian manufacturer, with sites in the US and Malaysia, has collapsed owing a staggering $29 million. The 60-year-old company, called Camatic Pty Ltd and trading as Camatic Seating, designed, manufactured and installed seating in stadiums, arenas, cinemas, theatres, educational institutions and transit areas around the world. On its website, the firm boasted it had…

Famed Sydney craft beer bar closed indefinitely

The former tenant of Sydney venue The Taphouse has gone into liquidation with debts totalling almost half a million dollars while the property’s owner is currently seeking a new occupant for the award-winning craft beer bar. On May 23 at a general meeting of the members of the Taphouse Hotel Darlo Pty Ltd it was…