Allphones has gone into administration – Business Insider Australia

Mobile phone retail chain Allphones went into voluntary administration today. Allphones, which opened its first shopfront in South Australia in 1989, is the largest independent telecommunications retailer in Australia with 80 company-owned, licensed and franchised stores and 440 staff. As a first step, 18 company-owned Allphones branded stores will be closed today due to insufficient…

Newcastle’s Urth Energy shuts its doors on power customers – Newcastle Herald

GOING THROUGH THE BOOKS: Jirsch Sutherland supervisor Hayden Asper leaving Urth Energy’s Wickham offices yesterday with boxes of documents. The solar-focused power retailer has shut its doors, for the time being at least. A WICKHAM-based power retailer, Urth Energy, has gone into voluntary administration, putting more than 20 people out of work and stranding an…