OrotonGroup collapses into administration – Bendigo Advertiser

Iconic handbag retailer OrotonGroup has gone into administration, becoming the latest casualty in Australia’s retail bloodbath. The company said on Thursday morning that an eight-month strategic review failed to find a viable option to secure its future. Its 59 Oroton stores will continue to trade as usual while administrators Deloitte Restructuring Services pursue a sale…

India cracking down on ‘promoter’ era of impunity – Financial Times

November 30, 2017 Simon Mundy in Mumbai Experimental feature Listen to this article Play audio for this article Pause 00:00 00:00 Experimental feature Give us your feedback Thank you for your feedback. What do you think? Ill use it in the future I dont think Ill use it … Read the full article at: https://www.ft.com/content/f53914de-d4ed-11e7-a303-9060cb1e5f44

Oroton placed into voluntary administration – NEWS.com.au

OROTON stores will continue to trade and employ staff on a business-as-usual basis while administrators attempt to find a buyer for the struggling luxury handbag retailer. The company was placed into voluntary administration on Thursday, following a series of shock earnings downgrades earlier this year amid challenging trading conditions, prompting a strategic review of the…

What does going into administration mean and which UK companies have gone bust? From P&H to Monarch – The Sun

WHOLESALER P&H has become the latest company to go into administration leaving employees out of a job. The company, which provides tobacco to some of the UK’s largest supermarkets, has been crippled by debts and 2,500 jobs have been lost. PA:Press Association What does going into administration mean? When a company enters administration, all control…

Liquidator targets key figures in Walton collapse – The Sunshine Coast Daily

PROCEEDINGS have been launched against key figures in the 2013 collapse of Walton Construction which left Sunshine Coast subcontractors unpaid $3 million. Liquidator Grant Thornton has launched breach of directors’ duties actions including aiding and abetting against the company’s sole director Craig Walton and Pat McCurry and Phillip Spry of business advisor Mawson. The liquidator…

‘Unsustainable debt’ forces mortgage broker eChoice sale – The Australian Financial Review

by Duncan Hughes eChoice, an award-winning mortgage aggregator with more than 400 brokers, could be sold to a ‘major financial institution’ after being placed into voluntary liquidation because of unsustainable debt. Tony Wales, a director of eChoice and Welas, a private investment company, which is a secured creditor of eChoice, called in liquidators’ Rodgers Reidy…