Ellume plucked out of administration via $57m sale – Business News Australia

Brisbane-based rapid COVID-19 test maker Ellume has been plucked out of administration by competitor Hough Consolidated in a USD$38 million (AUD$57 million) deal, which will also give the buyer ownership of a fast-growing US subsidiary. The deal also gives Hough access to Ellume’sfluorescent immunoassay technology that can generate results in the space of 15 minutes,…

Darwin’s $515 million ship lift project in question after contractor Clough falls into voluntary administration – ABC News

Fresh doubt has been cast over the future of a half-a-billion-dollarNorthern Territory government project after the collapse of one of the major companies involved. Key points: A major contractor on the $515 million ship lift facility has entered administration The project has already faced delays and a $115 million cost blowout Critics of the projectare…

Low IBC recoveries are a worry. But solutions lie in cutting court delays, not blaming CoC – ThePrint

There are concerns that lenders have had to take largehaircutson firms that go through the Corporate Insolvency Resolution ProcessorCIRPunderthe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Codeor IBC. The unease over low recoveries resulted in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, orNCLAT,orderingrestartingof aconcludedresolution processof Videocon Industries in January this year. Revisitingcommercial decisions taken by the Committee of Creditors (CoC)…

Waikato River ferries firm in liquidation, after city’s $1.6m jetty upgrade – Stuff

MARK TAYLOR/Stuff Darren Mills of Waikato Explorer Ltd at the city jetty in Hamilton earlier this year. Hes now working for wages in Wellington. Hamiltons river ferries firm is sunk financially, and had no other choice but voluntary liquidation after it failed to sell, raising questions about recent ratepayer-funded jetty upgrades. Waikato Explorer Ltd has…

A/NZ cyber roll-up Optic Security sold out of administration – Reseller News

Mark Lloyd (Optic Security Group) Credit: Supplied Optic Security, a trans-Tasman cyber security firm created in 2018 by rolling up existing businesses, has been sold out of voluntary administration. Optic Security Group Ltd was the 100 per cent shareholder of Optic Security Finance Group which in turn owned four New Zealand and two Australian subsidiaries.…

Clough’s fall into voluntary administration the latest in a string of WA building firms to hit troubled waters – ABC News

The fall of Perth builder Clough into voluntary administration after more than a century in business marks the latest in a string of local builders to hit troubled waters. Key points: WA building giant Clough has entered voluntary administration The administration is being overseen by Deloitte The delivery of several bigprojects is now in doubt…

Clough and M&R’s Australian holding company enter voluntary administration after termination of Webuild deal – Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly

A proposed disposal by Murray & Roberts (M&R) of its Clough unit to Webuild was terminated on Monday and Clough and its subsidiaries placed into voluntary administration in Australia with immediate effect, together with the JSE-listed groups Australian holding company, MRPL. The announcement triggered a sharp decline in M&Rs shares, which were trading about 13%…