By Kevin B Sobel-Read and Madeleine MacKenzie, University of Newcastle
The Ten Networks recent experience of voluntary administration and subsequent rescue by CBS demonstrates how insolvency law works for large Australian companies.
But 97% of Australian businesses are small or medium size enterprises (SMEs), and they face a system that isnt designed for them.
Sixty percent of small businesses cease trading within the first three years of operating. While not all close due to business failure, those that do tend to face an awkward insolvency regime that fails to meet their needs in the same way it does Network Ten.
The lack of an adequate insolvency regime for SMEs inhibits innovation and growth within our econo…
Read the full article at: https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/australia-needs-new-insolvency-laws-small-businesses/
