The nation will be taking a deep breath today as were forced to see some scary numbers that will be compared to scarier times of this countrys life, such as World War II, when Japan bombed Darwin, fought a sea battle on the Coral Sea that laps Townsville and sent a submarine into Sydney Harbour!…
BUSINESS is full of highs and lows. The Toowoomba business community has been through a lot in the last year. Here are the businesses that shut up shop. The Florence Public House Nev Madsen The Florence ITS owner said in August 2019 that The Florence was “temporarily shut” for some renovation work. “We’re just going…
A LIQUIDATED Central Queensland mining labour hire company is being sued for $2.8 million in a workplace injury lawsuit. Michael Thorogood, 43, is suing One Key Workforce for negligence and breach of contract after he fell 1.5 metres to the ground, causing a severe wrist injury that required 10 surgeries. The claim was served to…
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $7.6 million debt relief to Burundi to help it deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. IMF said the debt relief will help free up the East African country’s resources for public sector health needs including other emergency spending and help mitigate the balance of payments shock…
A LIQUIDATED Central Queensland mining labour hire company is being sued for $2.8 million in a workplace injury lawsuit. Michael Thorogood, 43, is suing One Key Workforce for negligence and breach of contract after he fell 1.5 metres to the ground, causing a severe wrist injury that required 10 surgeries. The claim was served to…
A French court on Tuesday placed long-distance coach company Eurolines into compulsory liquidation, a lawyer for the firm’s employees told AFP. After 35 years, the French transport giant will stop operations on Friday. It came after Eurolines was bought out by German group FlixBus last year, but unions have claimed the holding company refused to…
The number of people going financially insolvent is poised to spike in the run-up to Christmas as businesses fail and unpaid debts mount up, a survey of experts suggests. The majority of personal insolvency experts who think there will be an increase in cases in the coming year think the spike will happen towards the…
All Trades Queensland (ATQ), the largest commercial employer of apprentices and trainees in Australia, has collapsed into administration. Administrators say business will continue, with the first creditors meeting due August 3. John Park and Joanne Dunn of FTI Consulting were appointed as voluntary administrators of ATQ today. ATQ employs 414 apprentices and has 638 active…
The airline Jet Time has filed for bankruptcy, but will re-emerge under the name Jettime A / S as a new Danish charter company. “I am convinced that post-coronavirus there is room for a strong, independent and profitable Danish charter airline that can serve Nordic charter customers. The charter market is not expected to return…
Digital Banking The number of customers using the block has more than doubled in the past year. Image source: Aidan Howe/Unsplash Monzo first introduced its gambling block functionover two years agoin June 2018. To date, just shy of 223,000 customers, or roughly five per cent of Monzos total customer base, have enabled the gambling block…