Forbearance, jobs, and economic growth: Why Ireland’s corporate insolvency rate is staying low

In recent months, Ken Tryell and his team began working on an exercise to determine what economic metric is best aligned with Irish corporate insolvencies.  Tyrell, a restructuring and insolvency specialist with the accountancy firm PwC, has maintained a running tracker of corporate insolvencies in recent years, producing quarterly reports on how many companies are…

The Body Shop NZ in voluntary administration

Beauty brand The Body Shop’s New Zealand business has appointed voluntary administrators. It comes after its UK parent company was placed into administration in February last year, with its international assets largely sold – but the sale excluded the New Zealand business. Administrators Daniel Stoneman and Neale Jackson of Calibre Partners said a buyer had not been…

Training company run by Queensland premier received government funding for more hours of teaching than it delivered, documents show

A training business run by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli received government funding for more hours of teaching than it actually delivered, according to an audit. The company, which traded as SET Solutions, claimed for 40 hours of training even when an education course only ran for one day, the Victorian government training department’s review found.…