Montrachet restaurant goes bust after sister business BCN Events Group bakeries collapses into liquidation

One of the last pillars of an award-winning Queensland chef’s hospitality empire has gone bust, just a month after seven other sister venues collapsed. Cuisinier Australis Pty Ltd trading as Montrachet has called in administrators. Montrachet is a well known fine-dining French restaurant in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills. The appointed administrators, Mark Holland,…

Booktopia collapses, enters voluntary administration

Beleaguered online book retailer Booktopia has announced it has entered voluntary administration after it failed to secure funding. The company posted it had appointed Keith Crawford, Matthew Caddy and Damien Pasfield from McGrathNicol to oversee a potential restructure or sale of the business. “The Administrators are undertaking an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business while options…

Booktopia collapses into voluntary administration

Booktopia has entered voluntary administration after failing to secure emergency funding. In an ASX announcement today, the book retailer said it had appointed McGrathNicol partners Keith Crawford, Matthew Caddy and Damien Pasfield to oversee the company’s restructuring. “The Administrators are undertaking an urgent assessment of Booktopia’s business while options for its sale and/or recapitalisation are…

Reforms of Small Business Insolvency in Australia and India

On the 24 September 2020, the Australian Government announced changes to Australia’s insolvency framework to better serve Australian small businesses, their creditors and their employees. The changes introduced new processes suitable for small businesses, reducing complexity, time and costs for small businesses. Effective from 1 January 2021, these are the most significant reforms to Australia’s…

How Abengoa Group impacted the Spanish economy

EY-Parthenon teams were appointed as insolvency administrators in March 2021. From the start, a unique aspect to this engagement was the media attention. Given the size and impact of this bankruptcy, this was a hurdle both Abengoa and EY-Parthenon had to overcome and engage with regularly throughout the process. Loan requests Initially, the EY-Parthenon teams…

Flights cancelled and tourists stranded as Air Vanuatu put into voluntary liquidation | Vanuatu

Vanuatu has put its national carrier, Air Vanuatu, into voluntary liquidation, after it cancelled flights to Australia and New Zealand, leaving tourists stranded. The Pacific island’s government made the decisions after representatives from accounting firm EY arrived in Port Vila on Thursday and conducted initial assessments of the airline’s financials. The airline had cited extended…