Primary Health Care boss Malcolm Parmenter remains confident he can turn the fortunes of the struggling medical centre business, while also revealing that the company is mulling a major rebranding that may result in a name change.
The $1.9 billion company on Friday posted a 5 per cent increase in underlying net profit for the December half after three years of contraction, but its medical centres business remains a headache and saw earnings plunge.
“We are a turnaround story with medical centres, but I’m confident that we can make something out of that business,” Dr Parmenter told AFR Weekend.
“There is great opportunity in IVF, and our dental businesss has lots of opportunity to grow as we have not looked at the demands. W…
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The banks reporting a profit for the first time in 10 years but its troubles arent over and its not the only one in difficulty
RBS faces more questions about its GRG, accused of driving small business customers out of business after the crunch.
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This week should be a landmark for Royal Bank of Scotland. The publication of its annual results on Friday should mark the first time since the financial crisis that the taxpayer-backed bank has reported a profit for shareholders.
RBSs dire run started in 2008, when it racked up a loss of £24.1bn the biggest in UK corporate history. The bank almost colla…
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We expect the focus of reporting season to be the three Cs cost pressures, capital expenditure, and cash returns, UBS said.
With balance sheet repairs largely complete, questions are increasingly being raised as to if M&A activities are close. We feel that given the increase in commodity prices is not a function of an increase in demand, the miners will not rush into spending big on capital, rather they will follow the Rio touted value over volume mantra, UBS said.
Mr Lawcock told Fairfax Media that BHP would deliver a strong result and a strong dividend, adding that UBS was not expecting a share buyback to be announced by the Big Australian.
Its a good, strong, solid result, and I would say it continues the journey. BHPs on a journey, eve…
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Manama: Kuwaits Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Sunday ordered the payment of debts for citizens and expatriates held in prison for failing to pay them up, the Emiri Court said.
His Highness the Emirs generous decision was announced in celebration of the auspicious occasions of Kuwaits 57th National Day and 27th Anniversary of Liberation, the court said in a brief statement carried by Kuwait News Agency (Kuna).
The money owed by the prisoners will be borne by the Emir according to specific regulations, the statement added.
Thousands of Kuwaitis have been facing legal woes after they failed to pay up their debts, resulting in prison terms.
A local society, the Kuwaiti Takaful Society for Prisoners Care, founded in 2000 and rec…
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International audit and consulting group Mazars has launched a mobile app, branded Mazars Live!, designed to connect users with developments taking place within the Mazars network, while providing insights into topics shaping the contemporary business world.
Commenting on the new app, Mazars Malta managing partner Anthony Attard said that since its launch Mazars Live! has been transforming the way the firm has been communicating with its internal and external stakeholders.
The world is moving fast, and Mazars is moving with it. Our unique, global, integrated partnership is full of stories, insights and facts, and we want to make all this content even easier to follow. The Mazars Live! app brings together information from around the…
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Tax Season can be a stressful time for a lot of people that is why National Debt Relief aims to help consumers with some valuable tips to look into.The article titled “10 Easy Tips To Keep You Stress-Free For Tax Season” released February 12, 2018, tries to make the tax season as easy as possible for Americans.
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Tax Season can be a stressful time for a lot of people that is why National Debt Relief aims to help consumers with some valuable tips to look into.The article titled “10 Easy Tips To Keep You Stress-Free For Tax Season” released February 12, 2018, tries to make the tax season as easy as possible for Americans.
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CONTROVERSIAL Sunshine Coast company Maroochy Sunshine has been declared insolvent.
The Federal Circuit Court of Australia, sitting in Brisbane on Friday agreed to declare Maroochy Sunshine insolvent and appoint liquidators after a Federal Government application.
Maroochy Sunshine had been accused of underpaying seasonal workers from Vanuata on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay to the tune of $77,000. No one from the company, nor their lawyers, appeared at the court for the matter.
Deputy District Registrar Michael Buckingham ordered the government be reimbursed $1446 for costs. –NewsRegional
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According to the agency that regulates charity organisations, Christ Embassy church in the United Kingdom is in debt and has been declared insolvent by the Charity Commission.
The church owned by popular Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, was flagged on the Charity Commission website as charity insolvent. According to the commission, a charity is considered as being insolvent when it is unable to pay its debts.
Report says the ministrys annual return for the years 2013 to 2014 indicated that a total of N7.6 billion (£15.1million) was paid to the interim manager. The church still has an outstanding fee of N1.1 billion (£2215,914) to pay the interim manager in 2015.
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The Christ Embassy church in the United Kingdom is in debt and has been declared insolvent by the Charity Commission, the agency that regulates charity organizations in the country.
The church owned by popular Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome, was flagged on the Charity Commission website as charity insolvent. According to the commission, a charity is considered as being insolvent when it is unable to pay its debts.
Report says the ministrys annual return for the years 2013 to 2014 indicated that a total of N7.6 billion (£15.1million) was paid to the interim manager. The church still has an outstanding fee of N1.1 billion (£2215,914) to pay the interim manager in 2015.
The Commission explained: In practice there are two separate …
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A BYRON Shire born estate agency which specialised in luxury high end properties has collapsed, leaving at least 35 staff out of work.
Unique Estates was founded by PR and marketing specialist Nicolette van Wijngaarden in 2008.
Ms van Wijngaarden reportedly sent a personal email to staff on Wednesday saying that wages could not be paid yesterday, as bank accounts were frozen and there were no funds.
The email stated that the business was headed for liquidation, and insolvency firm McGrath Nicol had been appointed, The Australian reported.
“I’m sorry it has come to this,” Ms van Wijngaarden reportedly wrote.
Most staff were based in the company’s main offices in Byron Bay and Sydney.
The Northern Star …
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The administrator of the collapsed auction house Mossgreen is refusing to return consigned goods to more than 1,000 collectors unless it is paid maintenance fees totalling more than $1.4 million.
It comes after Mossgreen, renowned for selling artwork and rare collectables, went into voluntary administration in December.
The latest development more than triples the number of people set to lose money in the collapse.
In January, collectors who still had goods being held by the company were told by the administrator, BDO Australia, that the items were not part of Mossgreen’s assets and would be returned to them after a stocktake was carried out.
But last week, BDO Australia sent a letter to consignors saying they would need to pay a levy of …
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