Seven Marks & Spencer clothing stores will close their doors for the last time on Saturday as the high-street chain pushes ahead with a radical transformation plan. The retailer announced in May that it plans to close 100 stores by 2022, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. As part of the business restructuring, M&S will…
| 20 hours ago Dentsu Inc., parent company of Dentsu Aegis Network and agencies like mcgarrybowen, Carat, 360i, Merkle and Isobar, is considering a restructuring plan which would see it split into an operating company and a holding company. Dentsu Inc. president and CEO Toshihiro Yamamoto announced the proposition today during a meeting of the…
Specialist PV manufacturing equipment supplier Amtech Systems is restructuring its solar cell manufacturing equipment business with job losses after China-based customers have pushed-out capacity expansion plans after government cuts were made to downstream solar installation targets as deployments far exceeded goals. Fokko Pentinga, Chief Executive Officer of Amtech said, In our solar business, recent changes…
House of Fraser is appointing administrators, putting more than 17,000 jobs at risk, after attempts to agree a rescue deal failed. The department store chain said talks with its investors and creditors had not concluded in a solvent solution. The administration is due to be arranged at a court hearing early on Friday morning. The…
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is standing by foreign aid spending amid outcry from drought-stricken farmers, politicians and local charities. One critic, Brian Egan from charity Aussie Helpers, says he’s asked every day why so much money heads overseas, while One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for aid to be redirected to rural areas. Mr…
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The lighting and electronics specialist HELLA is restructuring its aftermarket business. HELLA will thus align its aftermarket activities even more consequently along its own original equipment competencies especially in the areas of lighting and electronics while closely linking them to the companys great workshop equipment expertise. In this context, the successful repair solutions business will…
If you are star banker, the move in the last decade has been to hang out your own shingle. A document filed in the legal fight between boutique bank Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) and a team of dismissed restructuring bankers shows us why. If you did not read the 2016 FT Big Read, heres a…
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Samuels Jewelers, Inc. affirmed today that the Company’s approximately 122 stores and its e-commerce site are open for business and are continuing to offer customers great service and a curated assortment of merchandise in fine jewelry. Samuels Jewelers, Inc. is implementing a court-supervised process in the United States…
Steinhoff International has secured 100 per cent of third-party creditor support after announcing its lock-up agreement (LUA) became effective as of July 20th. Initially, it seemed the furniture group were having issues gaining the necessary support, though that fear has now passed as the agreement is in full effect. The company is pleased to announce that…