Sydney-based operator acquires Ron Crouch Transport

Ron Crouch Transport has been acquired by national transport and logistics provider, Freight Specialists. Image: Ron Crouch Transport Ron Crouch Transport has been acquired by Freight Specialists, a Sydney-headquartered operation that boasts depots across Australia and New Zealand. Ron Crouch Transport was placed into voluntary administration last December with owner Geoff Crouch citing…

RSM Australia appointed Voluntary Administrators to Sydney-based Brix Distillers

Boutique sydney rum maker Sydney Distilling Co Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed), trading as Brix Distillers, has entered into Voluntary Administration, appointing Ben Carson and Richard Stone from RSM Australia Partners as Joint and Several Voluntary Administrators on 21 January 2026. The award-winning business was founded in 2017 and operated Australia’s first dedicated craft rum distillery,…

Brix Distillers enters voluntary administration with RSM Australia

Image: Pixel-Shot/stock.adobe.com sydney rum producer Sydney Distilling Co, trading as Brix Distillers, has entered voluntary administration, with Ben Carson and Richard Stone from RSM Australia Partners appointed as joint and several voluntary administrators on 21 January 2026. The business was founded in 2017 and operated Australia’s first dedicated craft rum distillery, including a…

Brix Distillers enters voluntary administration

sydney-based craft rum producer, Sydney Distilling Co Pty Ltd, trading as Brix Distillers, has entered voluntary administration, with Ben Carson and Richard Stone from RSM Australia Partners appointed as Joint and Several Voluntary Administrators on 21 January 2026. Founded in 2017, Brix Distillers was Australia’s first dedicated craft rum distillery, operating a production site alongside…

Brix Distillers in administration despite World’s Best Rum awards

Boutique sydney rum maker Sydney Distilling Co has gone into voluntary administration, with a firm exploring every option possible to save the legacy distillery brand. The business trading under the name Brix Distillers has appointed RSM Australian Partners as administrators of the business. Brix is Sydney’s first craft rum focused distillery and has operated out…

Building certifier Watson Oldco in administration, avoids any cladding claims

NSW building certifier Watson Oldco looks set to follow melbourne builder Hickory and avoid a possible raft of claims over combustible cladding by putting a business unit into administration. Watson Oldco, part of the Lendlease-led consortium that is building the new Western sydney Stadium in Parramatta and redeveloping the Allianz Stadium next to the Sydney…