Beau Homes goes into liquidation

Beau Homes, a gold coast building company that focuses on pools, has gone into liquidation. Rodgers Reidy’s David Hambleton and Kaily Chua have been appointed as administrators of the Currumbin-based company. The company is reported to owes its creditors $1 million. According to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) Beau Homes’ building licence was…

Regulating Fraudulent Use of the Corporate Form

Project Overview Fraudulent phoenix activity is of great concern to Australian policymakers. It occurs where there is the deliberate liquidation of a company to avoid paying debts but the business continues through another company, and in corporate groups through the liquidation of undercapitalised subsidiaries and transfer of business to other companies in the group. This…

Aussie Plant Based Co. acquired by Smart Foods, production resumes

gold coast-based food manufacturer, Smart Foods, has acquired The Aussie Plant Based Co., eight days after it went into liquidation. Operations have already restarted. Smart Foods CEO, Raghu Reddy told Food & Drink Business that despite the recent challenges for the plant-based company, he recognised its “immense potential”. Fort Restructuring partner, Ken Whittingham said Smart…

Socceroo star Steve Horvat’s family company pushed into liquidation on the eve of Western United heading into A-League finals

The family company of former Socceroo Steve Horvat has been pushed into liquidation in a development that will send shockwaves through A-League club Western United on the eve of the competition’s finals series. Nathan Deppeler and Scott Andersen from Worrells were appointed liquidators of Horvat’s family company Sava Engineering on Monday, after a meeting of…

Modco co-founder’s entity in liquidation

The business entity controlled by collapsed builder Modco Residential‘s co-founder has fallen into liquidation. Ms Lu Holdings – an entity solely controlled by Modco co-founder Cynthia Lu – was placed into the hands of liquidator Mathieu Tribut from Mackay Goodwin this afternoon. Ms Lu held a stake in Modco Residential alongside her partner Yusuf Khan,…

Jetski dealership sinks into liquidation

A perth jetski and quad bike dealership has stumbled in liquidation, calling in experts Greg Prout and David Hurt from WA Insolvency Solutions to sift through its affairs. Late last month the Seadoo WA Pty Ltd, trading as Sea-doo Sport and Leisure, made the decision to call in liquidators from WAIS after struggling to get…