British shopping centre crashed into liquidation owing £5m

A new report shines a light on the sudden closure and liquidation and reveals that unsecured creditors face losing £1.7m. The liquidators’ report shows “there will be insufficient funds to enable a distribution” to a secured creditor, Close Brothers Limited, of St Giles Shopping Centre Holdings Limited. The sudden closure of the company that operated…

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Homeplus heads toward liquidation as court pulls plug on rehabilitation

A tarpaulin banner outside a Homeplus store in Seoul, June 28 / Yonhap Homeplus, Korea’s second-largest hypermarket chain, is heading toward liquidation after a court terminated its rehabilitation proceedings, ruling that the cash-strapped retailer had no viable path to carrying out its turnaround plan, according to industry officials, Friday. The Seoul Bankruptcy Court dismissed Homeplus’…

Ranganathan’s bakery closure sparks tax defence from minister

A government minister has defended national insurance rises after an 89-year-old bakery chain co-owned by comedian Romesh Ranganathan ceased trading. Coughlans Bakery, which had branches in Kent, Surrey, West Sussex and south London, announced it had closed on Tuesday, blaming the government’s decision to hike business rates and national insurance contributions for employers. The bakery’s…