When Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, was in Sudan in January he offered 40m in aid to help its poorest people, who are facing unprecedented food scarcity in a debt-laden country where austerity is deepening. Sudan, ruled by an unelected military-led transitional government after longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir was deposed in 2019, owes the UK…
28 March 2021 Consultancy.com.au 3 min. read Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka has flown in consultants from her former employer Bain & Company to support the airline with its transformation. Around one year ago, Virgin Australia became Asia-Pacifics first airline to fall amid the coronavirus, after it was placedinto voluntary administration on April 21, with…
The coming weeks could bring onthe biggest economic shocksince the pandemic itself, with the end of the $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme. Business owners, bureaucrats and insolvency experts are cautiously awaiting the fallout. Key points: The $90b JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme has ended, with amillion workers still relying on it JobKeeper may have been…