A new report from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has confirmed the resilience of small businesses in the face of challenging conditions. The report, released by Ombudsman Kate Carnell today, provides a statistical overview of small business performance in Australia, using data available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other…
Chris McKeen/Stuff In 2016 four children were injured when a tree fell at Discoveries Educare Gillies Ave centre in Newmarket. Eleven early childhood education centres belonging to the Discoveries Educare chain in Auckland have been placed into liquidation with three more being assessed by the liquidator. Stuff reported last week that 10 Discoveries Educare centres…
Virgin Australia has become the first major Australian airline to exit voluntary administration, with its new CEO and managing director unveiling its future direction. On her official first day as Virgins boss, Jayne Hrdlicka showed off the airlines plan resulting from collaboration with staff and combined with detailed customer research. It includes retaining its core…
Two-decade Deloitte veteran Vaughan Strawbridge has been poached by FTI Consulting in Australia, where he has been appointed a Senior Managing Director. Strawbridge is a chartered accountant by background and has been atDeloitte Australia since 1998, interluded with a five-year spell at the firms UK office. A restructuring expert, Strawbridge has provided business turnaround services…
Ismael Majed Siza (60), a restaurant owner from Westminster, London, has been banned for 12 years and Keith Morgan Thomas (81), a concrete services company from Llanelli, Wales, has been disqualified for 6 years. Both are now banned from acting as directors or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission of the court, in…
NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday decided to tweak norms pertaining to 25 per cent minimum public shareholding for companies which undergo corporate insolvency resolution and seek relisting following the process. Besides, it decided to enhance disclosure for such companies, Sebi said in a statement after its board meeting. The move would ensure revival…
Eleanor Temple, Yorkshire Chair of R3 Eleanor Temple, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings Chambers in Leeds, responds to todays publication of Novembers corporate and personal insolvency statistics for England and Wales: The increase in corporate insolvency numbers in November has been driven by a rise…
Mon Purse co-founder Lana Hopkins. Luxury leather goods retailer Mon Purse has entered liquidation and reportedly ceased trading, amid complaints from customers saying they have been waiting for weeks to receive their orders. Liquidators from Wexted Advisors are seeking urgent expressions of interest for the business and its assets, according to the Sydney Morning Herald,…
As we approach the end of the 2020 and enter the final week of eNewsletters,Ragtraderis reflecting on the biggest digital stories of the year. Each day this week we will count down the top 10 stories from the website this year. Kicking off our list is Number 10 –Colette in shock administration as another icon…
The non-financial corporate (NFC) sector in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) entered the pandemic with elevated financial vulnerabilities and corporate debt currently stands at record levels: the World Bank estimates that non-financial corporate debt for EMDEs stood at 39.1 percent in 2019,1up from 34.9 percent in 2010; the BIS estimates a much higher level…