Brisbane Irish Club in administration but still open

The brisbane Irish Club has been placed into voluntary administration and three directors have resigned amid ongoing financial difficulties. In a memorandum published on the Queensland Irish Association’s website, company secretary Paul Hogan wrote that the new board, appointed in November 2014, had been attempting to monitor the QIA’s financial position. The Brisbane Irish Club…

Gourmet grocer and online retailer The Essential Ingredient falls into administration

Gourmet grocer and online food retailer The Essential Ingredient has collapsed into administration. The food supplier, which has been in operation for 38 years, entered voluntary administration on Thursday and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been brought in to oversee the company. The Essential Ingredient will continue to trade business while it undertakes a sale process. Gourmet…

Celebrity chef Adriano Zumbo’s dessert business empire in administration

CELEBRITY chef Adriano Zumbo’s dessert empire will continue trading while under voluntary administration, the group’s administrator says. Camera IconAdriano Zumbo Credit: PR IMAGE DW Advisory principals Justin Holzman and Anthony Elkerton were appointed voluntary administrators on July 22 to manage three of Mr Zumbo’s businesses. The three companies employ about 130 people and operate five…

Sara Lee goes into voluntary administration

Sara Lee, the household name behind frozen cheesecakes, pies, crumbles and ice creams, has appointed voluntary administrators after suffering higher operating costs and supply chain issues that disrupted operations over the past 12 months. Established in Australia in 1971, the dessert manufacturer yesterday appointed FTI Consulting’s Vaughan Strawbridge, Kathryn Evans and Joseph Hansell as administrators…