Cubitt’s in liquidation but projects will be completed

The Cubitt’s Display Centre in Fyshwick. Eleven projects were affected in the ACT. Photo: Cubitt’s. A 30-year-old, family-owned building company has gone into liquidation, but clients will have their projects completed after the sale of parts of the business. Cubitt’s Granny Flats and Home Extensions was formally placed into liquidation at a creditors meeting last…

PPS Commercial, PPS Qld in liquidation as 3000 building companies collapse in past year

Two construction companies have collapsed owing $4.5 million, with the list of creditors tipped to rise. Gold Coast companies Burleigh Heads-based PPS Qld and PPS Commercial were placed into liquidation on Monday, leaving a number of projects incomplete. It’s the latest devastating run of construction companies falling into liquidations across Australia. PPS Qld is believed…

Fears policymakers are not taking note of record insolvencies

NSW Small Business Commissioner Chris Lamont. Source: Supplied Decade-high business insolvency figures may not speak for themselves, says NSW Small Business Commissioner Chris Lamont, who fears that ample data on SME hardships may go unconsidered by policymakers. Speaking at the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) annual summit on Wednesday, Lamont said better regulation…

Company insolvencies in England and Wales higher in past year than during financial crisis; gold hits record highs – as it happened | Business

More companies went bust in past year than during financial crisis More companies in England and Wales went bust in the last year than at the height of the financial crisis, the latest insolvency figures show. There were 25,551 insolvencies in the 12 months from August 2023 to July 2024, new data from the Insolvency…