TV manufacturer Kvant goes bankrupt in Russia

The bankruptcy case was initiated by electronics retailer DNS, which claimed the company owed more than 600 million rubles (about $7.6 million). Another 24 creditors later joined the proceedings. The total claims against Kvant reached nearly 4.15 billion rubles (about $53 million). Major creditors include entities affiliated with Yandex and Sberbank, as well as Sitronics…

IBC Is Not A Corporate Death Warrant; Resolution Is Its Primary Objective: Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva on Tuesday said that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code should not be viewed as “a corporate death warrant,” emphasising that its primary objective is the revival of financially distressed companies through resolution rather than liquidation. Speaking at the launch of IBC Mantra: The Law & Practice of the Insolvency…

Polotsk Dairy Plant Declared Bankrupt

The Economic Court of Vitebsk Region declared the Polotsk Dairy Plant bankrupt and decided to initiate its liquidation procedure. Павялічыць Illustrative photo Shortly before this, the production assets of the enterprise were transferred to the management of “Savushkin Produkt” company. It received production buildings, equipment, and the workforce, which are planned to be used for…

Russia’s Only Domestic TV Maker Declared Bankrupt

A Moscow court has declared Russia’s only domestic television manufacturer bankrupt, the newspaper Kommersant reported Monday, citing court records. Consumer electronics retailer DNS filed a bankruptcy petition against the manufacturer, Kvant, last June over an unpaid debt of more than 654 million rubles ($8 million). DNS owns the in-house TV and electronics brand Irbis, which Kvant stopped…

ICSM Sports Business Insolvency News: the bizarre double standards when football clubs go bust compared to the fortunes of the average SME

By Harry Mottram: The owners of high street shops, manufacturing outfits, logistic companies and Britain’s many thousands of SMEs must scratch their heads when they look at what has happened to Sheffield Wednesday FC this year. Insolvent, in administration and up for sale with £80m of debt, surely the club would have to be liquidated? Not…

The business case for trading out of planetary insolvency

Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by the Global Footprint Network using UN and other official datasets to estimate two big numbers: the Earth’s annual “biocapacity” (how much biological resource nature can renew in a year) and humanity’s ecological footprint (our demand for land, food, energy and materials during the same period). Dividing one by the…