Insolvency proceedings for the Gernsbach-based packaging producer Casimir Kast Packaging & Display have now been formally opened.

According to the entry published in the German insolvency register, the District Court appointed attorney Dr Dirk Pehl of Schultze & Braun as insolvency administrator with effect from 1 December 2025.

The company had filed for the opening of insolvency proceedings in September with the declared aim of restructuring the business and ensuring its continued operation. Production has reportedly been maintained in full since then and will continue until further notice. The company cited a strained economic environment and sharply rising prices for materials and energy as the main factors behind the liquidity…

The National Debt Counselling Association (NDCA) has proposed that the government must enhance standards in the sector and prevent unregistered or unethical practitioners from posing as legitimate debt counsellors.

The proposal was recently submitted to the department of trade, industry and competition, the National Credit Regulator and other debt-counselling industry players

The NDCA said it hopes some of the recommendations will be included in amendments to the National Credit Act and its regulations.

René Moonsamy, head of the NDCA, said the proposal — which aims to align the sector with the rest of the financial services industry — will be based on existing regulations in the National Credit Act, but enhanced by provisions of the…

(The Center Square) – A Latino political action group helped with the purchase of $133 million in medical debt among Nevada residents in Clark and Washoe counties. 

The joint debt relief effort by Latino group Somos Votantes and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt drew attention to a national trend of mounting health care costs.

“There are thousands of people out there who are really struggling with the high cost of living, who are really struggling with the high cost of health care,” Emmanuelle Santillan, the Somos Votantes national communications director, told The Center Square. “We hope that this…

PRS Reit (The)    moved a step closer to winding down on Thursday, after publishing a circular outlining plans for a members’ voluntary liquidation, following shareholder approval last month for the sale of its holding company.
The FTSE 250 company’s board said completion of the sale of PRS HoldCo was expected on or around 11 December, after which it would seek investor consent to liquidate the company.

A general meeting would be held on 5 January at Dentons’ London offices, where a special resolution requiring approval from at least 75% of votes cast would be put to shareholders.

If approved, shareholders stood to receive distributions broadly in line with the company’s adjusted net assets of 114.9p per share.

The board said it expected…

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By John Baptist Tumusiime

The Holy Year 2025, also commonly referred to as the Jubilee year, will officially conclude on January 6th 2026, the solemnity of the Epiphany, with the closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The objectives of the Holy Year have been to promote reconciliation, conversion, and a deeper relationship with God, with one another, and with creation. Some of its goals have been to foster hope and peace in our troubled world, performing acts of mercy, and encouraging social justice, such caring for the poor, the sick, and migrants and in line with biblical tradition,…