BHS, the 88-year-old department store chain which collapsed into administration in April, is now facing liquidatation at the potential cost of 11,000 jobs after the administrators said they were unable to locate a buyer. The administrators, Duff & Phelps, had been widely expected to name a new BHS owner today, with a consortium fronted by the UK retail…
Gourmet food retailer Jones the Grocer has collapsed into voluntary administration for the second time. PPB Advisory were there afternoon appointed as administrators to JTGS, which is the Australian operator of the four remaining Jones the Grocer and Becasse stores in Australia. The sole shareholder of JTGS is L Capital Asia, the private equity arm…
By Malcom Nyathi VICTORIA FALLS The United Touring Company (UTC) a business in which Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and former labour minister Nicholas Goche are shareholders has been liquidated. Saviour Kasukuwere A leading tour operator and travel agent during its heydays, UTC went belly-up a few months ago after failing to navigate the countrys…
Once the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015, comes into effect, a company that has more than 100 workers can initiate voluntary liquidation proceedings, TK Viswanathan, the chairman of the committee that drafted the legislation and former law secretary, said on Monday. Viswanathan added that as long as the company repaid its dues to lenders and…
Bondholders acted on a long-standing threat and on Wednesday asked the Tel Aviv District Court to put IDB Development Corporation the holding company whose holdings include Cellcom Israel, Clal Insurance and Super-Sol into liquidation. The move came after holders of IDB Series Tet bonds, who hold some 1.35 billion shekels ($350 million) of the…
A bar company which was fined £100,000 serving a liquid nitrogen cocktail that left a customer in agonising pain has gone into liquidation, without paying the fine. Oscars Wine Bar Ltd, which is run by York-based businessman Andrew Dunn, has gone into liquidation, and documents from Companies House show the company has just £12,500 in assets.…
A YORK bar company which was fined £100,000 serving a liquid nitrogen cocktail that left a customer in agonising pain has gone into liquidation, evidently without paying the fine. Oscars Wine Bar Ltd has gone into liquidation, and documents from Companies House show the company has just £12,500 in assets. Documents say its debts include…
Arsene Wenger has cashed in for £3.5million after his sports company shut down. The Arsenal boss is believed to have been receiving payments from LA Promotions LTD since the company went into voluntary liquidation in December 2014. Accounts reveal that Wenger took home in excess of £2million from the company, according to The Sun on…
The Code does not currently make much sense for operational creditors The government has brought in this Code, largely modelled on the U.S. Bankruptcy Law, with the good intention of facilitating timely resolution of corporate bankruptcy. However, a critical reading of the legislation reveals that unless necessary changes are made to it, the legislative intent…
BASIC FLAW:Unwittingly the Code, as it is, would facilitateease of undoing business. The government has brought in this Code, largely modelled on the U.S. Bankruptcy Law, with the good intention of facilitating timely resolution of corporate bankruptcy. However, a critical reading of the legislation reveals that unless necessary changes are made to it, the legislative…