NEW DELHI: The government is exploring ways of resolving a long-brewing real estate crisis that’s left home buyers in the lurch as developers have struggled to complete projects. With many of these delayed for up to five years and more, one of the proposals under consideration is raising money to finish stalled buildings by selling…
A large construction firm has gone into liquidation with the loss of 102 jobs. Contract Services (South Wales) Limited has traded in Port Talbot and Caerphilly for 21 years. But it faced unexpected cash flow pressures earlier this year and has now ceased trading. Business rescue and recovery specialists Begbies Traynor are now taking the…
Image copyright Google Image caption Contract Services has blamed ‘unexpected cash flow’ problems A south Wales building and maintenance firm has called in liquidators with the loss of 102 jobs. Contract Services (South Wales) Ltd has operated from Port Talbot and Caerphilly for the last 21 years. It ceased trading on 11 August, and called…
A top unsecured creditor of bankrupt Dynamic International Airways LLC is attempting to force the High Point charter airline into liquidating its assets. The bare-bones filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of N.C. came about seven weeks after Dynamic lost a legal fight in U.S. District Court for the Middle District. Since…
The National Company Law Tribunal has created history under the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code it last week ordered winding up of two companies – VNR Infrastructures and Bhupen Electronic – after the borrowers and lenders failed to come up with a plan to revive operations. These companies, though small, set a precedent that the…
Business insolvency is a very real risk for many small businesses but countless business owners are not spotting warning signs early enough. The reality is that around 60% of businesses dont make it past the first three years, which is why business owners should seek help early on to ensure their financial health. But first,…
Home buyers of Jaypee infratech are facing an unprecedented situation: it is the first housing company that has entered insolvency proceedings. Complications are little when it comes to insolvency of, say, a steel company. But the case of real estate company which is in the middle of constructing homes becomes challenging, especially for buyers. That’s…
A COLLAPSED shared-living community at Mt Burrell serves as a warning to potential investors of alternative housing schemes. With its court-ordered dismantling this week, the Bhula Bhula Intentional Community has left in its wake at least 20 financially ruined investors and a litany of complex legal clashes. The NSW Land and Environmental Court ordered the…
To guide, or not to guide that is the question. One week into the 2017 profit reporting season and this old chestnut about whether companies should provide earnings guidance is, with apologies to William Shakespeare, firmly back on the agenda. Lukewarm guidance issued this week by top performing retailer Nick Scali prompted a near 10…
during Left rule (Eds: Recasting story) Kolkata, Aug 11 The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government has sought six months’ time from nine banks to repay the principal amount of a loan taken during the Left front rule over a decade ago for supplying iron ore to a China-based company. “We will only be able to…