Court winds-up Manchester firm offering unlicensed insolvency practitioner services

Save Consultants Ltd claimed to provide insolvency practitioner services when none of its current or former directors were licensed  Its actions risked undermining the insolvency regime and the company’s directors refused to explain its trading practices to investigators  The company has been closed down following investigations by the Insolvency Service, with the Official Receiver appointed…

Australian companies caught in insolvency storm

Data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed a record 11,049 corporate collapses in 2023–24: Persistent inflation, high interest rates, and the Australian Taxation Office pursuing tax debts were blamed for the 40% increase in corporate insolvencies in 2023–24. “The usual suspects of inflation, interest rates and sentiment are influencing insolvencies”, Ashurst restructuring…

As tax and superannuation debts grow, ATO issues tens of thousands of director penalty notices that could send more people bankrupt

A day after his 52nd birthday, Andrew Christodoulou got a nasty surprise in the mail. A letter from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in November last year read: “You have been issued with a director penalty notice for Superannuation Guarantee Charge amounts”. “A director’s penalty notice. I’ve never heard of one,” Mr Christodoulou tells ABC…

India’s Go First wins more time to resolve insolvency

India’s specialist bankruptcy court, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), has granted the administrator of Go First (Mumbai International) another 60 days to complete the carrier’s corporate insolvency resolution process. The court granted the extension, which now runs until June 3, during an April 8 hearing. Go First’s administrator, known locally as a resolution professional,…

Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines has announced it has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major airports. Rex’s website showed no available flights between the capital cities from Wednesday, with passengers advised they could rebook with Virgin at no extra cost. All regional planes are still flying as scheduled, but no New England centre…