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 their toll on the group, which appointed Brent Kijurina, Richard Albarran and Cameron Shaw of Hall Chadwick as administrators on July 29.
Jarrod Sierocki, managing director of insolvency consulting firm Insolvency Guardian, which is representing the McLernon Group, told SmartCompany the group turned over approximately $15 million in 2013.