Finance min.: Egypt has ambitious debt management vision

Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk said Egypt has an ambitious debt management vision focused on diversifying financing sources and instruments and expanding access to global capital markets. Speaking to investors at meetings hosted by Standard Chartered and Morgan Stanley in London, Kouchouk said Egypt is seeking more low-cost development financing to support its economic and…

No Assessment Proceedings to be initiated during Operation of Moratorium upon order of NCLT: ITAT [Read Order]

In a recent decision, the New Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that assessment proceedings cannot be initiated during operation of moratorium by order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLT). The reassessment proceedings were initiated against the assessee and notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961…

Esoteric Festival Enters Voluntary Administration

Esoteric Festival has called time.  After a rollercoaster year for the beloved fest, which was forced to its cancel 2025 edition at the eleventh hour, festival co-founder and direct Sam Goldsmith confirms the worst.  Esoteric Festival Pty Ltd, he explains, has entered voluntary administration with effect from June 11th 2025. “This is by far the…

Belgian Logistics giant Ziegler declared bankrupt

One of Belgium’s longest-established logistics groups has collapsed, with its operations carved up between two Belgian rivals after a bankruptcy filing that puts hundreds of jobs at risk. Ziegler Belgium was declared bankrupt at the Brussels Commercial Court on Monday 1 June, ending more than a century of independent operation. Most of its activities have…

Interior design firm Unique Fabrics in liquidation

Unique Fabrics has gone into liquidation. File picture. Photo: 123RF Well-known interior design firm Unique Fabrics has gone into liquidation, the latest in a large number of businesses to fold. It was revealed by Centrix on Wednesday that liquidation numbers remain stubbornly high, even as other credit measures improve. Hospitality liquidations were up 45 percent,…