Management buyout saves Rhodes & Beckett and Herringbone from voluntary administration: What next for the … – SmartCompany.com.au

Troubled menswear brands Rhodes & Beckett and Herringbone will live to fight another day after a management buyout was secured with support from a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, in a resolution administrators say they are very pleased with. The brands had 140 employees across 29 stores when administrators were appointed in February, when high…

Careers Australia collapses leaving students in limbo – Victor Harbor Times

One of Australia’s largest private training colleges has collapsed, leaving 15,000 students in limbo and plunging 1000 staff into unemployment. The embattled Careers Australia was placed into voluntary administration late on Thursday – six weeks after it was stripped of federal funding due to dismal completion rates and aggressive recruitment practices. Classes have been suspended…

Surge in personal injuries claims as 22000 cases hit the courts last year – Independent.ie

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Chief Justice Susan Denham at the launch of the annual report of the Courts Service at Phoenix House in Dublin yesterday. Photo: Gareth Chaney Surge in personal injuries claims as 22,000 cases hit the courts last year Independent.ie The courts have experienced an explosion in personal injuries claims, new figures…

‘Even gambling addicts have more protections’ than student-loan borrowers – Business Insider

Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats, Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…

‘Even gambling addicts have more protections’ than student-loan borrowers – Yahoo7 News

Borrowers who default on their student loans are pursued aggressively by the Department of Education and private debt collectors, facing garnished wages, withheld IRS tax returns, and decreased Social Security payments, Reuters reported. “We treat struggling student-loan borrowers the same as deadbeat parents and tax cheats,” Seth Frotman, a senior member of the Consumer Financial…