Is your favourite store next? Why businesses are going bust

Corporate bankruptcy filings began ticking up in Australia and beyond in 2023, reflecting shifting macroeconomic conditions as rising global inflation prompted central banks around the world to respond by hiking interest rates. The numbers for 2024 are even higher, with some well-known brands, particularly in more vulnerable sectors like construction, retail and travel, among the…

Beloved VIC drinks maker Billson’s enters voluntary administration

The Billson’s venue in Beechworth, Victoria. Sourse: Facebook /Billson’s Victorian distillery and tourist attraction Billson’s has entered voluntary administration, after what co-owner Nathan Cowan called “vast and incomprehensible” challenges to the business. Billson’s, which operates from a historic facility in the north-east Victorian town of Beechworth, reportedly tapped Rob Smith and Matthew Hutton of McGrath…

Statutory Powers of Sale | White & Case LLP

In 2023, we saw an increase in both voluntary administration and receivership appointments in Australia. In the context of Australia’s economic climate this was unsurprising — debtor companies were grappling with volatile markets, supply chain disruptions and uncertain economic conditions, and secured lenders were invoking either or both of these regimes as a means of…

ATIA urges further support for tourism sector impacted by Rex Airlines voluntary administration

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