Jeanswest stores to close hundreds to lose jobs

Jeanswest’s administrators have confirmed which of its stores will be shuttering after the retailer went under last week. It has been announced 263 employees would be made redundant, and 37 shops would be closed. In NSW, Blacktown, Castle Towers, Charlestown, East Gardens, Kotara, Lismore, Macarthur, Miranda, Shellharbour, Singleton, Tweed City and Wetherill Park stores will…

JetGo cancels passenger services, enters voluntary administration

Customers of Australian regional carrier JetGo have been told to contact their credit card companies after the airline grounded regular passenger services and entered voluntary administration. The airline announced June 1 it had appointed McLeod and Partners as administrators and that all operations had been “temporarily suspended”. It advised customers to contact their credit card…

Canberra’s Rork Projects in voluntary administration

Rork Projects’ John Paul Janke, front left, and Brian O’Rourke, front right, with staff. The company has been operating for 26 years. Photo: Rork Projects. Another building company with ACT connections has fallen to the conditions plaguing the industry. Rork Projects – Australia’s leading Indigenous construction company specialising in construction management, fit out and refurbishment…