Debbie Jamieson/Stuff Gary Dent, in the foreground here, is one of the directors and shareholders in three Rilean Construction companies that have been placed in liquidation. He is pictured here in 2015 at an opening celebration for the shops in The Landing shopping centre at Remarkables Park, Frankton, near Queenstown. Well-known Queenstown construction group Rilean…
While successful company owners will never want to think about dissolving their business, sometimes winding up can be the only option available. Winding up and liquidation essentially refer to the same thing closing a company, making sure all of its affairs are dealt with legally, and removing it from the companies register with Companies House.…
Westfield shopping centre in Doncaster, Victoria. Source: AAP. Art supplies retailer Riot Art & Craft has closed its 56 stores, after being placed in liquidation last week. Employees were given little notice about the closures, receiving text messages last Monday informing them they were not required to attend work the following day, according to nine.com.au.…
Fashion house PAS Group will likely be acquired by private equity firm Queens Lane Capital by way of a deed of company arrangement. The deal will need to be voted through by the business shareholders, and will see brands such as Review, Black Pepper, Yarra Trial, Marco Polo and Breakaway continue. We are proud to…
Dominion Diamond Mines could pursue a form of federal bailout after the sale of its Ekati mine collapsed this month. Brendan Bell, a director of the company, said Dominion had spoken with a Crown corporation among others as it tried to avoid liquidation, which Bell said was now a real possibility. Bell made the comments…
PRESS RELEASE (Translation from the Italian original which remains the definitive version) Pininfarina S.p.A. announces the liquidation of the subsidiary Pininfarina Engineering S.r.l. Torino, 26 October 2020 – Pininfarina S.p.A. (the “Company“) announces that today the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Pininfarina Engineering S.r.l. (“Pininfarina Engineering“) – fully owned by the Company – approved the voluntary…
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Owners of retail chain Riot Art & Craft have closed down all of its 56 stores after the company went into liquidation last week. Angry staff members said they were given no notice the stores were shutting down and were told via text message that they had lost their jobs last Monday evening. “All stores…
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Virgin Australia’s new owners Bain Capital hope to reboot the airline’s inflight WiFi service as part of its new “customer service proposition”, although the shape of the WiFi packages and how they fit into the airline’s value-centric ‘hybrid’ model remains to be seen. Bain has severed Virgin’s contract with connectivity partner Gogo, which is in…