'A number of' ELE's staff already found new employment, receivers say

'A number of' ELE's staff already found new employment, receivers say
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Riley Kennedy
The receiver of collapsed ELE Group says “a number of” its roughly 1000 staff have already been able to find new employment.Deloitte’s David Webb and Rob Campbell were appointed receivers of five companies within the group - including ELE Holdings, RISQ New Zealand and Tranzport Solutions – yesterday.The group, founded by Brent Mulholland, specialised in labour hire for construction, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, permanent recruitment and refrigerated transport.Webb and Campbell's appointment, offic...

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