A new dawn awaits Alliance Group

Mark Wynne has chaired Alliance Group for over a year. (Image: Supplied / BusinessDesk)

Mon, 11 Aug 2025

Get fit. Build a sustainable model. Transform.That was the three-phase strategy Alliance Group laid out in 2015 – a plan for operational efficiency and to capture more market value.Then-chair Murray Taggart and chief executive David Surveyor, at the time, said they had identified a need to return to “our co-operative roots”.A decade on, that vision seems null and void, and so does the current ownership model.This week, a long-awaited deal to recapitalise the debt-laden business is expected to bring an end to its status as...

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