Jan 11 Laura Ashley Holdings Plc : * Has been made aware that its license partner in Australia has been placed into voluntary administration * Is continuing its discussions with administrator regarding future of Australian operations * Laura Ashley has an exposure of circa. 1.2 million stg * There is no effect on rest of…
Jan 11 Laura Ashley Holdings Plc : * Has been made aware that its license partner in Australia has been placed into voluntary administration * Is continuing its discussions with administrator regarding future of Australian operations * Laura Ashley has an exposure of circa. 1.2 million stg * There is no effect on rest of…
Electronics retailer Dick Smith has gone into voluntary administration because of a continuing decline in sales. McGrath Nicol has been appointed to run the company. Analysts point to Dick Smith’s specialising in tech products as one reason for its predicament. Source: PM | Duration: 3min 44sec Transcript …
The company contracted to carry out the Sixfields stadium development has been placed into liquidation after administrators realised no assets to pay creditors. Northampton Borough Council are set to appoint Deloitte to oversee the liquidation of the firm which it says will give it direct access to information…
U.S. Steel is using the L word again liquidation. The American former parent to U.S. Steel Canada says it opposes a new process to sell the Canadian icon, now independent and under creditor protection, unless it also considers the liquidation value of the company. U.S. Steel Canada goes to court on Monday…
With Dick Smith entering receivership and home furnishings company Laura Ashley Australia appointing administrators this week, you might be forgiven for thinking that January is a particularly bad time for corporate collapses. Receivers were appointed to Dick Smith on Tuesday, with the electronic retailers 393 Australian and New Zealand stores no longer honouring outstanding gift…
by Patrick Hatch and Sally Rose Dick Smith has gone into voluntary administration, with receivers appointed to try to claw back debt owed to the company’s creditors. The electronics goods chain entered a share trading halt on Monday, pending an announcement about its “funding position and debt financing covenants”, and on Tuesday morning it announced that advisory firm McGrath Nicol…
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Yes, Chanticleer (“Dick Smith receivership gets the drums beating on risk“, January 8), Dick Smith is indeed a lesson to all. And yes, there are actually plenty of convenient targets too. Not just investors who swallowed the bait hook, line and sinker. What about private equity managers who dress up companies with slick financial engineering and often…
Comments Print /License AA United States Steel Corp., which cut its ties with its Canadian unit last fall, says a liquidation of the business should be considered. The Canadian company, now independent, but operating in creditor protection under the umbrella of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act as U.S. Steel Canada Inc. (USSC), is seeking court…