Senedd 2021: Council tax the biggest debt issue, says charity – BBC News

By Catrin Haf JonesBBC Wales political correspondent image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionCouncil tax helps pay for services provided by local authorities Tackling the impact of council tax on the poorest people should be a “high priority” for the next Welsh government, a charity has said. Citizens Advice Cymru said council tax arrears were the “biggest debt…

‘Zombie’ firms kept alive to grab government cash – Queensland Times

Scores of ‘zombie companies’ have been kept alive in order to receive final government stimulus measures before being shut down, according to a leading insolvency expert. Revive Financial partner Jarvis Archer said the “clean up” of zombie companies was under way with an increase in liquidation appointments across a range of industries. A ‘zombie company’…

Financial services bosses banned for trading while insolvent – Accountancy Daily

Paul Rossi was a director of Independent Derivative Traders Ltd, which traded as Futex and provided access to a financial markets trading platform for sub-contracted independent traders. The company was jointly managed by Rossis brother Mark Rossi and Daniel Goldberg. Independent Derivative Traders was incorporated in March 1995 but 11 years later in February 2016,…