Unsecured creditors of construction company York Civil are unlikely to see any returns from the business. Creditors voted unanimously to liquidate the company at its second creditors’ meeting on Monday afternoon. In a report provided to creditors, the company’s administrators, Martin Lewis and Timothy Mableson from accounting firm Ferrier Hodgson blamed York Civil’s failure on…
The company which owns a perth hotel where three people died in a fire has gone into liquidation. A blaze at the New County Hotel on January 2 claimed the lives of sisters Donna Janse van Rensburg and Sharon McLean from Aberdeen, and Keith Russell, from Edinburgh. An investigation into the cause of the fire…
Investigations into perth-based Corporate Computers IT, which traded as Base IT Australia and fell into liquidation in March 2016, have found evidence the company may have traded while insolvent for years before its collapse. Corporate Computers IT was liquidated last March with debts of $1.4 million to the Australian Taxation Office. Kimberley Wallman from liquidator…
Performers and musicians who worked on a recent production of Little Shop of Horrors have been left unpaid, despite the show been staged months ago. – Advertisement – The local production which was at The Regal Theatre in late 2021 hired a cast of local performers to bring the much-loved musical to life, they were hired alongside…
The ‘tech wreck’ sweeping through the technology sector has hit an Australian dad not once, but twice. A 42-year-old father-of-two has been made redundant two times in the past six months as the IT meltdown continues to wreak havoc. Rafael*, who preferred to remain anonymous, lost his job in August last year after his company…
A melbourne builder is being hunted by angry tradesmen who claim they are owed millions of dollars for work on an apartment complex in which underworld figure Mick Gatto has a financial interest. Key points: A number of contractors walked off job in West Melbourne last month over non-payment of bills Imagebuild Group placed into…
Just six months after taking over the reins of the sydney-based national theatre touring company Critical Stages, CEO Robbi James has announced the “difficult decision” to place the company into liquidation. The company has ceased to trade with immediate effect. All employment contracts have been terminated. Critical Stages Touring has been supporting artists and audiences…
Tough trading conditions in the hospitality sector have struck again, with the collapse of another popular restaurant resulting on the loss of 15 jobs. Mexican restaurant Checho’s, in sydney’s outer western suburb of Penrith, closed its doors on Sunday, with the directors putting the company into liquidation yesterday. Checho’s had traded in the suburb since…
A meal delivery service in sydney and Newcastle has collapsed, with the owner revealing the tough economic climate has become too much to bear. Hartley Health owner Jordan Hartley took to Instagram on Thursday to tell customers the business would cease operating immediately after “a deal fell through” that morning, which was intended to help…
An Australian luxury fashion retailer, which spruiked celebrities visiting its store and stocked some of the world’s most famous designers, has collapsed owing $16 million. After nearly 40 years of operation Harrolds was quietly placed into liquidation at the start of October. The company was founded in 1985 with its first store opened in melbourne…