BEGBIES Traynor’s Scottish insolvency team has won a major contract for the Northern Ireland government’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI). Headed by the firm’s regional managing partner for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Ken Pattullo, the team will help the DETI manage the province’s historically high levels of both individual and corporate insolvency levels.…
Cape Town – Madame Zingara dinner theatre is at the centre of a tug-of-war between shareholders, who want to liquidate the company, and its former managing director, who is hell-bent on saving its reputation. Notices have been issued to the creditors of the entertainment division of Madame Zingara Holdings, MZ Entertainment (SA) (Pty) Limited, to…
THE Scottish insolvency team of corporate recovery specialist Begbies Traynor is to help Northern Irelands government tackle unprecedented personal and corporate insolvency levels. Headed by regional managing partner Ken Pattullo, the team will work with colleagues in Northern Ireland on the new contract win with Stormonts Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Share article Insolvencies…
DEAN KOZANIC/FAIRFAX NZ Black Marlin Limited, which trades as Urban Construction, is in liquidation. A Christchurch construction firm has gone bust owing about $1.5 million and leaving nearly 150 unsecured creditors unlikely to see a cent. Urban Construction went into liquidation on February 9 with estimated debts of $729,708 to unsecured creditors. It also owed $498,922 to ASB Bank,…
Septic Solutions Taranaki Limited has been placed into liquidation. A company in which Taranaki iwi Ngati Tama invested money into has been placed into liquidation. In the High Court at New Plymouth on Tuesday, lawyer Jacob Bourke, who appeared on behalf of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) sought a liquidation order against Septic Solutions Taranaki Ltd. According to the statement…
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By Deep Narayan Mukherjee As per RBI deputy governor SS Mundra, total distressed loans account for 14% of banking sector assets in India. Such a high level of bad debt was last observed in India way back in 1999 (Source: World Bank). However, every crisis also provides an opportunity to improve a system. There is…
A company connected to popular weekend destination The Grounds of Alexandria has been placed in voluntary administration, but it is business as usual for the famous brunch locale. According to a notice published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, external administrators were appointed to The Grounds of Alexandria Pty Limited last week. Ozem Kassem…
A major social enterprise in Huddersfield has gone into voluntary liquidation. And there are fears for dozens of jobs and an historic archive of music. Insolvency experts Brook Business Recovery Limited confirmed that Deighton-based Fresh Horizons has ceased operations, following a meeting with creditors at a meeting yesterday. It is not yet known exactly why…
Alastair Meeks of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, was commenting as the Pensions Regulator revealed that it had only approved 24 such arrangements, almost eight years after the mechanism was set out in law. An RAA can be used to transfer an employer’s pension liabilities to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), but only…