Vale of Clwyd, Stoke-on-Trent North and Torbay were the parliamentary constituencies with the highest personal insolvency rates across England and Wales last year, according to official figures.
Coastal areas featured strongly among the areas with the highest personal insolvency rates, while many areas of London were among the constituencies with the lowest rates, t he Insolvency Service’s figures showed .
Continuing a trend seen in 2013, Vale of Clwyd had the highest personal insolvency rate in 201…
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Torquay and Plymouth are in the top 25 list of UK places where people struggle the most with insolvencies
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A South Devon town is topping the list of places in the UK for the number of insolvencies.
Torquay continues to top the list as the town with the highest rate of personal insolvencies, with cases recorded in 17 in every 10,000 households, representing a six per cent increase on the same period last year.
It was joined in the top 25 list by Plymouth with 11 per 10,000 household going into insolvency.
The two Devon towns are the only one in the Westcountry to be on the national list wit…
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The Prime Ministers announcement on Monday 7 December of a National Innovation and Science Agenda is a welcome development. However, the challenge will be for the government to turnaround our National Innovation System (NIS) which has been steadily in decline for some time.
As outlined in the Prime Ministers statement, Australia has many world class businesses, universities and research organisations. However, Australia ranks at the bottom of the OECD group of advanced nations in relation to university-industry collaboration. We also lag in terms of our spending on R&D. For example, Australia spends around 2.13% of GDP on R&D compared to the OECD average of 2.63%. As a benchmark South Korea spends 4.15% of GDP on R&D.
In the …
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The promotion company behind the cancelled Echo Festival in
Auckland has gone into liquidation, and those waiting for
ticket refunds still have no assurance they will get their
money back anytime soon.
A message posted on the Echo Festival NZ Facebook page this
afternoon said the festival’s promoting company had been
placed into liquidation.
“After a long and what now seems pointless struggle it is
with deep disappointment we must announce that it has been
resolved to place the festival’s promoting company into
liquidation,” the message stated.
“The festival and its advisers have been trying hard to
…
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Sentry Group, the owners of Sentry Financial Planning, have announced they are restructuring their business and management positions following the acquisition of Wealthsure into the organisation.
The restructure includes the establishment of four core divisions and functions business development, business solutions, compliance, and corporate services.
Daniel Parry has been appointed as head of business development and chief investment officer, David Newman has been appointed head of business solutions and executive director, Hanna Abdullah has been appointed head of compliance and CRO, while Bryan Hills has been appointed head of corporate services and executive director.
The firm said it will maximise its scale as a non-institutionally al…
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Nurofen fined over misleading pain claims
The manufacturer of Nurofen faces millions of dollars in fines but will be allowed to sell painkillers marketed as targeting specific types of pain for another 12 months after a court found…
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The restructuring plan was approved by Trunity’s Board of Directors after review of it…
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