Published 5 September 2011 Banned franchising company director Campbell Spencer & his father, Neil Spencer, have been charged with breaches of the Companies Act and also under the Crimes Act. Also charged with them by the Ministry of Economic Development’s national enforcenemtn unit is Leon Norris, who took over as director of Campbell Spencer’s company […]
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Quinlivan fails to overturn Australian ban as director
Published 26 August 2011 Former Queensland property marketer & developer Dudley Quinlivan, 67, has failed in a bid to overturn a 5-year ban from being a company director. After bad publicity in Queensland, Mr Quinlivan & his family brought their business to New Zealand several years ago. He remains registered here as a director of […]
Banned directors, and their details
Published 17 February 2010 The Ministry of Economic Development said last week it had bumped up the number of company directors banned from holding office to 31 in 2009, 24 of them after policy changes that took effect in May. Since that announcement I’ve managed to get the ministry to update a few of […]
New approach lifts number of banned directors
Published 9 February 2010 The national enforcement unit of the Ministry of Economic Development bumped bans on company directors up from 19 in 2008 to 31 last year, largely the result of a changed approach to dealing with directors in multiple company failures. The ministry used to undertake a full investigation – often with […]
Charges follow 2006 investment proposal for The Gables at Coatesville
The Registrar of Companies has laid criminal charges in the Timaru District Court against company directors Neville Cant & Rhys Morgan, Combined Financial Services Ltd & Investment Management Ltd. They’re due to appear in the Timaru District Court on Wednesday 5 August. The charges, under the Securities Act, relate to securities offered & allotted […]
Government stand requires retailers to prove legality of kwila
Published 5 November 2008 Forestry Minister Jim Anderton announced a stand against illegal overseas logging last week, introducing a requirement for retailers to clearly display whether they have information about the legality of their kwila/merbau timber & timber products. “The new scheme will require all retailers & merchants of products made from kwila (also […]
