News about Alan Walker

Take a look inside this lovingly restored 1960s Essex home that was once owned by an architect and listed for £1.85 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 8, 2024
We talk with current owners Alan Walker and his partner Sandy, who purchased the detached modernist home in Loughton, Essex, in 2013. They are the third owners of Sussex House, which was built in 1965 and lived in by architect Geoffrey Bateman. Savills, the estate agent in charge of the sale of the house, is advertising it for £1.85 million.

One of Australia's largest building companies has halted operations and has gone into administration

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 4, 2024
St Hilliers, a 33-year-old infrastructure construction company, has told subcontractors that they were refusing to come into work.

With the closing of a popular inner-city gym, fitness empire F45 suffers another blow

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 12, 2024
On Wednesday, Chray Fitness Pty Ltd, which was trading as F45 Surry Hills, went into liquidation. The gym, which has described itself as award-winning, has now taken down its Instagram and Facebook pages. When contacted by Daily Mail Australia, a gym spokesperson confirmed that it would be reopening shortly, but that did not give any further information. In the last 15 months, more than 20 F45 franchises have closed, many in Queensland, while 119 franchises are listed for purchase around the region.

Aussies all around the world use a large cosmetic chain, with some of them on the verge of demise

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 12, 2023
When the cost of living forces households' budgets continues to tighten their belts, one of Australia's top body shaping and wellness chains has been plunged into administration. Last Thursday, Body Catalyst, a non-surgical cosmetic chain with 29 clinics in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, went into administration. On December 19, WLP Restructuring's Alan Walker and Glenn Livingstone will speak with creditors to discuss the company's financial stability.

Employees of Ernest Hillier Chocolates are set to lose their jobs as a result of the bust

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 21, 2023
Ernest Hillier Chocolates, Australia's oldest chocolate company, has devolved into voluntary administration, with thousands of workers likely to lose jobs.

A rapist who assaulted a woman on night out after tricking her friend has been sentenced to seven years in prison

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 24, 2023
Catalin-Petrisor Luca, 33, waited until his victim's friend was out of sight before scooping up the child, who had been drinking in Reading town centre, and taking her to a nearby park where he assaulted her. Luca calmly carried her back and then escorted her back and then told him, 'She shouldn't drink so much.' Luca's modus operandi was revealed at Reading Crown Court, where a judge sentenced him to almost seven years in prison for a single count of rape. Judge Kirsty Real said in effect, "You had no doubt that you shot her because you knew she was in fact, defenseless, and unable to put up resistance." You took advantage of the whole situation.'

Plumbfirst, a plumbing and electrical company, has collapsed due to the construction industry's crisis

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 13, 2023
A major Australian plumbing company has failed, making it the newest casualty of the declining construction industry. On Wednesday, Plumbfirst Group (left and right), a plumbing and electrical company that was made up of six businesses, was put into voluntary administration, blaming rising costs of materials for the tragedy. WLP Restructuring has issued a warning that a party may wish to purchase the company or inject funds into the businesses to keep them operating and save the jobs of up to 170 workers.

In 'arson' killing 30 chickens, the grandfather was left heartbroken

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 7, 2022
A grandfather has been left heartbroken after his beloved allotment was destroyed in a suspected arson attack, killing 30 of his chickens and ripping through a log shed days before his 70th birthday. Alan Walker's 'pride and joy' was in the plot in South Hylton, Sunderland, until a fire ripped through it in the early hours of Friday. Northumbria Police are now investigating the massive fire that engulfed the site and caused significant injury before being deemed out by the fire service as suspected arson. Anth Bate, 21, Mr Walker's grandson, said he and his grandad had visited the allotment every day since his wife Valerie's death in 2011.