Insolvency practitioners have taken control of Barbeques Galore following liquidity challenges, with 500 roles at risk as a sale or restructure is assessed for the national retailer.
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Liquidators of collapsed contractor Advanced Traffic Management WA are chasing a missing Lamborghini as they count alleged debts tallying north of $15 million to creditors.
A new report has found the aged care sector in Australia will need $72.3 billion over the next seven years to meet rising demand of the ageing population.
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Corporate accounting and legal giants Grant Thornton and MinterEllison have been named in a CCC report into further Department of Communities misconduct.
An independent expert has deemed Thiess's $350 million friendly takeover for WA contractor MACA ‘fair and reasonable', while intentions from rival bidder NRW are still unclear.
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Osborne Park-based IT services company DC Two is planning to expand its operations by reopening a tier three data centre that has already had a $10 million investment by its previous tenant.
Struggling gold miner Gascoyne Resources has announced a share placement and rights issue at a 50 per cent discount to its previous closing price, as it seeks to pay down some of its mounting debts.
The independent directors of Sydney-based Riversdale Resources have urged shareholders to reject the $2.20 per-share offer lobbed by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting last month.
Gascoyne Resources has written down the value of its flagship Dalgaranga gold project by $33.5 million, as the company's half-year results revealed its liabilities are greater than its assets.
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UPDATE: Diploma Group boss Nick Di Latte says the company will continue to push forward with its proposal to revive the company and provide a return to creditors, after provisional liquidators were appointed to 20 Diploma-related entities today.
Diploma Group has been granted a two-week lifeline to finalise its plan to provide a return to creditors of the collapsed building and development firm.
Former Grant Thornton partner Matthew Donnelly and former Perth Airport executive Fiona Lander have brought to seven the number of external recruits to join Deloitte's Perth partnership in the past five months, offsetting moves by other partners such as Jenn Morris, who has retired from the firm.
The last 10 days of 2016 were a busy period for WA corporate deals, with the Rae family attracting a bumper price for its Gull New Zealand business, Chinese group MMG selling the Golden Grove mine, Diploma Group going into receivership and seven new listings on the ASX.
Local gold and lithium explorer Berkut Minerals has enjoyed steady gains on its first day of trading on the ASX after completing a $3.5 million initial public offering.
Liquidators have been appointed to Crawford Property Group, with the firm becoming the second Pilbara-focused real estate player to run into strife in 2016.
Commercial landlords in West Perth are coming under increasing pressure to retain tenants, as the near-city suburb's office vacancy rate hits all-time highs.
The private equity group seeking control of Mungana Goldmines has lifted its takeover bid to 17 cents per share, above recent trading levels but below the valuations of the company's independent expert.
Rutila Resources and Lemur Resources have both received ticks of approval by independent experts for their respective off-market takeover offers by foreign bidders.
An independent expert's report has found private equity group Auctus Chillagoe's takeover bid for Mungana Goldmines to be both unfair and unreasonable, saying the 13.5 cents a share price was opportunistic and undervalued the business.
Demand for Western Australian agricultural property assets is expected to run hot throughout 2015, with offshore buyers not expected to be deterred by new rules for foreign investment in farmland.
