Appointment details

Appointment type Creditors Voluntary Liquidation
Appointment date 4 January 2016
Appointee Peter Gothard
Companies subject to Administration See below
Office Sydney

Company details

Vocation Limited and its associated entities (Vocation) listed below provides workforce based training and development solutions to employees of Australian Corporate and government clients. Vocation also provides training directly to individual students.

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KPMG contact

Luke Meany
lmeany@kpmg.com.au
+61 2 9346 6066

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Background information

On 25 November 2015, Peter Gothard, Jim Sarantinos and George Georges were appointed Voluntary Administrators under section 436A of the Act over Vocation Limited and its associated entities.

The second meeting of creditors took place on 4 January 2016, where creditors resolved that Peter Gothard, Jim Sarantinos and George Georges be appointed Liquidators of Vocation Limited and its associated entities, with the exception of TTS-100 Pty Ltd.

On 3 July 2017 Jim Sarantinos and George Georges retired as Liquidators of 12 entities within the Vocation Group as detailed in the below list of companies.

# Entity Retirement date
1. 
Vocation Limited ACN 166 631 330  
2. BAWM Pty Ltd ACN 078 456 676  
3. Aspin Pty Ltd ACN 106 046 682  
4. Avana Group Pty Ltd ACN 110 198 171 3 July 2017
5. QI Careers Pty Ltd ACN 145 007 3611 3 July 2017
6. Avana Talent Pty Ltd ACN 151 705 912 3 July 2017
7. Avana Services Pty Ltd ACN 151 705 985  
8. Avana Education Pty Ltd ACN 149 738 170 3 July 2017
9. Green Skills Institute (Aust) Pty Ltd ACN 146 845 847 3 July 2017
10. Training & Development Australia Pty Ltd ACN 119 092 983  
11. Avana Learning Pty Ltd ACN 107 592 790  
12. Student Hub Pty Ltd 162 968 238 3 July 2017
13. CS AUS Pty Ltd (Formerly trading as Customer Service Institute of Australia Pty Ltd) ACN 127 413 923  
14. CSIA Education Services Pty Ltd ACN 135 651 204 3 July 2017
15. Oil Group Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 154 687 153 3 July 2017
16. Learning Verve Pty Ltd ACN 104 624 919  
17. ACN 152 406 338 Pty Ltd ACN 152 406 338 3 July 2017
18. Real Corporate Partners Pty Ltd ACN 123 941 962  
19. Online Institute of Learning Pty Ltd ACN 154 752 235 3 July 2017
20. Real Institute Pty Ltd ACN 160 710 083  3 July 2017
21. RI Partners Pty Ltd ACN 162 598 727 3 July 2017
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ASIC insolvency material

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission provides resources on insolvency for directors, practitioners, employees, creditors and investors.

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Support

Coping with the emotional impact of financial distress.

Beyond Blue

beyondblue offers some useful resources for people struggling with the emotional impact of financial distress.

The beyondblue Support Service provides confidential, one-on-one counselling with a trained mental health professional.
Phone: 1300 22 4636

Lifeline

Lifeline offers phone crisis counselling for people who are experiencing financial and emotional hardship.

Phone: 13 11 14 Australia-wide
Online crisis support chat (7:00pm to 4:00am daily)

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