A LAND development company headed by Toowoomba businessman Mark Peart that was to undertake a multimillion-dollar project north of Toowoomba has been tipped into liquidation. Homestead Highfields was placed in voluntary administration by Mr Peart on April 21. At a second meeting of creditors on Tuesday, creditors knocked back a proposal from company directors Mr…
The future of Aussie music festival FOMO is in serious doubt, with reports that the event has gone into liquidation and creditors owed millions of dollars. In an insolvency notice filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Tuesday, May 15, the festivals status was confirmed to be in liquidation. Notice is given…
QUEENSLAND’S mining services capital of Mackay and its resources resurgence have taken a hit with a longstanding local company going into voluntary administration. Ricbuilt Heavy Industries, a leading engineering company with a strong reputation in the mining services sector, owes creditors more than $2 million. Administrator Frank O’Neill from insolvency firm SV Partners said Ricbuilt’s…
QUEENSLAND’S mining services capital of Mackay and its resources resurgence have taken a hit with a longstanding local company going into voluntary administration. Ricbuilt Heavy Industries, a leading engineering company with a strong reputation in the mining services sector, owes creditors more than $2 million. Administrator Frank O’Neill from insolvency firm SV Partners said Ricbuilt’s…
Australias largest producer of certified organic milk, Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia (ODFA), has entered voluntary administration. It is estimated it has more than $11.5 million in debts. The co-op is 100 per cent owned by 40 family farmers, supplying milk from three main dairy regions of Victoria, central and north-west Tasmania. It provides milk…
THE former director of a major wedding planning company that shocked the Whitsundays when it went into sudden liquidation late last year has spoken publicly for the first time since the business collapsed. In October last year, award-winning wedding planning company, The Wedding Planners Whitsundays, was confirmed to be insolvent and unexpectedly entered into liquidation.…
Australias largest producer of certified organic milk, Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia (ODFA), has entered voluntary administration. It is estimated it has more than $11.5 million in debts. The co-op is 100 per cent owned by 40 family farmers, supplying milk from three main dairy regions of Victoria, central and north-west Tasmania. It provides milk…
The authors had previously highlighted the UK Governments intention to introduce: (i) a number of reforms to the UKs insolvency framework; and (ii) a series of temporary changes to the corporate governance requirements for companies and other entities arising as a result of the impact ofCovid-19. In this QuickStudy, we set out the key features…
A co-operative which lays claim to producing Australia’s largest pool of certified organic has gone into voluntary administration. Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia Limited (ODFA) produces the True Organic brand of milk, butter and cream. It also supplies milk to FiveAM yoghurt, Pure Organic milk and Lemnos cheese. Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants were appointed…
DUBAI Phoenix Commodities, a trader of agricultural products with offices in Dubai and Singapore, is being liquidated after amassing more than US$400 million (S$567 million) in potential trading losses, according a document prepared by the liquidators seen by Reuters. The business founded 20 years ago grew into a company generating US$3 billion in revenue last…