Major logistics operator calls in voluntary administrators

Voluntary Administration

One of Australia’s largest independent logistics operators, XL Express, has entered voluntary administration after 35 years in business. The Queensland-based company, which launched in 1990 and built a national road transport logistics network, has appointed FTI Consulting as voluntary administrators to carry out what it describes as an “urgent assessment” of the company’s viability. The…

Freesheet publisher Copeland Publishing, owner of Melbourne and Sydney’s Child magazines, goes into liquidation

Liquidation

The publisher of free parenting publications sydney’s Child and melbourne’s Child, Copeland Publishing, has gone into liquidation. First published in 1989 by founders Joanna Love and Gillian Hund with a circulation of 20,000, the Sydney’s Child concept was expanded into Melbourne in 1993 with brisbane, Newcastle, perth and Adelaide following later. In January Australia’s only…