No aid in 22 years, residents face a harsher lockdown; request MHADA to expedite the project – Mumbai Mirror

Still waiting for the building to be rebuilt, residents say many of them lost jobs or suffered pay cuts during the lockdown; request MHADA to expedite the project; developer blames residents for delay in documentationNot a single new brick has been laid on the Bandra East site where Govinda Tower crashed in 1998. Recorded as…

Government extends temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections – DynamicBusiness

Listen to this story To support businesses experiencing financial distress throughout COVID-19, the Australian Government introduced measures to relax insolvency and bankruptcy rules in March. These changes were set to draw to a close by 30 September, but have now been extended until 31 December 2020. Many commentators had predicted that the changes would need…

New report shows COVID-19 relief measures could be doing more harm than good – The Australian

A report issued by one of Australias leading credit agencies is warning COVID-19 insolvency relief measures will cause a domino effect of business shutdowns. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling A report issued by one of Australias leading credit agencies is warning COVID-19 insolvency relief measures will cause a domino effect of business shutdowns. CreditorWatch…

Personal insolvency applications reach record high – The Irish Times

Personal insolvency applications reached a record high in July, according to figures from business and credit risk analyst CRIF Vision-net. The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) received 239 applications for personal insolvency arrangements, debt relief notices and debt settlement arrangements. This is a 125 per cent increase on the 106 applications made in July last…