Liquidators looking for buyer for Wellington events company Hiremaster

Liquidators looking for buyer for Wellington events company Hiremaster
Hiremaster went into liquidation on August 14. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
Insolvency practitioners assigned to recently-liquidated Hiremaster are looking for a buyer.Hiremaster Event & Party has been moved into voluntary liquidation, with shareholders appointing David Ruscoe and Adele Hicks of Grant Thornton on Thursday. Company director Colin Taylor said Hiremaster was the largest event rental company in the Wellington region. It supplies events ranging from test cricket at the Basin Reserve to the Homegrown music festival, which has now been shifted to Hamilton.Hicks told BusinessDesk the largest creditor...

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