Jamie Oliver’s Australian restaurant business has collapsed into voluntary administration

Jamie Oliver’s Australian restaurant group has collapsed into voluntary administration, weeks after it was revealed the celebrity chef’s British hospitality company is $126 million in debt. BDO partners Andrew Sallway, Andrew Fielding and James White were appointed administrators of the Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group (Australia) Pty Ltd on Monday. The company operated six Jamie’s Italian…

Family-owned office supply business with turnover of $15 million collapses

A family-owned office supplies business that employs 40 people in Western Australia has collapsed into voluntary administration. The McLernon Group has a sizeable piece of the Western Australian office supplies business market through its retail arm McLernons Everything Business, which is Officeworks’ number one competitor in perth. But flat retail conditions in Perth have taken…

Second restaurant linked to MasterChef star Reynold Poernomo’s enters administration just months after trendy cocktail bar folds

Sydney, where the brand has two outlets. Administrator reports show the Melbourne operation’s parent company, Poernomo Enterprise, owes creditors more than $1.6 million, much of it to related parties including family members and affiliated businesses. Managing director of KOI Dessert Bar, Reynold’s brother Ronald, told News Corp that the establishment was continuing to trade during…