Another day has come to an end, and GPblog, as always, has more news from the F1 world to share! Christian Horner admits that he was frustrated with the Brazilian Grand Prix race director Niels Wittich after an ‘unsafe’ call, a key Mercedes supplier files for bankruptcy and Guenther Steiner tells a GPblog a story about former Haas driver Nikita Mazepin.

Horner was left frustrated by the race director:

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that he was surprised the Grand Prix was not stopped earlier because of the weather. During the race, there were incidents, and as the weather situation got worse, the safety car was called out. At one point, in terms of rain, it got to a point where it was no longer possible to race, so the…

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Distribution company Hop And Vine, and an associated entity ABV Beverages, have both been put into liquidation.

Christchurch-based beer, wine and cider distributor Hop and Vine, owned by Terry and Carol Mitchell, was placed into liquidation on April 2 after more than 25 years in business.

ABV Beverages, jointly owned by Hop And Vine and Auckland-based Beer Fridge, which launched in September 2024, was placed into liquidation on the same day.

According to Brenton Hunt’s liquidator’s report, the reasons for insolvency of the businesses include:

• With a difficult trading environment since its inception, the company(s) struggled with working capital.
• A number of key brands which were targeted to…

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Did you know that over 9 million public service workers, including full-time county employees, are eligible for student debt forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program? Yet, fewer than 2% have received relief, and only 15% have submitted the required forms to access this benefit

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• Executive orders and what they mean for employees

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• Current student debt relief programs and…

A judge overseeing Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s bankruptcy case granted a request Wednesday to convert it from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to Lowpass’ Janko Roettgers and The Wall Street Journal. The company’s lawyers said Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will lay off its remaining 1,000 employees and liquidate the businesses, including streaming operations and the 24,000 or so disc kiosks that have rented out DVDs, Blu-rays, and videogames for years.

According to Roettgers, Judge Thomas Horan said, “There is no means to continue to pay employees, pay any bills, otherwise finance this case. It is hopelessly insolvent… Given the fact that there may also be at least the…

Lithuanian fintech firm Kevin, which previously raised over $65 million from major investors like Accel and Eurazeo, has been declared insolvent by the Vilnius District Court, with IS Group designated as the insolvency manager, Sifted reports.

• According to Lina Nemeikaitė, assistant to the chairman of the Vilnius District Court, the court determined that the defendant is currently insolvent and unable to meet the financial responsibilities promptly. 

• She further stated that the court has now opened a bankruptcy case and selected IS Group as the bankruptcy administrator.

• Accel and Eurazeo are the company’s main investors, having backed Kevin during its $65 million…

Sierra Leone has implemented Meridian, an advanced Commonwealth Secretariat software, to better manage its public debt portfolio.

This upgrade will enable the government to track loans and repayments in real time, improving financial transparency and decision-making.

At the government’s request, the Secretariat held a hands-on workshop in Freetown from 17 to 28 February 2025, bringing together 30 debt officers from the Finance Ministry, Central Bank and Accountant General’s Office.

Funded by the African Development Bank, the workshop helped participants transfer debt data to the new software and gain essential skills in recording, analysing and managing different types of loans.

The workshop also…

The world is in debt. From developed economies to developing ones, public debt has reached a historic level—and along with it, the burden of servicing these loans. In 2024, the US, for the first time, spent more on debt servicing than on the military. The UK is in a situation popularly termed a “debt death spiral”. At the World Economic Forum held in January in Davos, Switzerland, Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube spoke of his country’s debt crisis: “We’ve even got a tax now on fast food. If you’re buying tacos or pizza or something, you pay an extra fee.” He was referring to the extreme measures the government is taking to service its high debt levels.

Gita Gopinath, deputy chief of the International Monetary…