Prime Minister accuses steel and mining company of being disrespectful in the extreme – Antigua Observer

New Story PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 12, CMC Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Saturday said that his administration views as punitive and disrespectful in the extreme the decision by ArcelorMittal Point Lisas, a subsidiary of the worlds leading steel and mining company, to end its operations here and  send home more than 600 employees.…

FASA latest: Drugs charity staff will stay as volunteers to care for clients – Belfast Telegraph

Published 13/03/2016 FASA launched Northern Ireland’s only 24-hour crisis centre, Nightingale House in east Belfast, last September. The charity announced it had been forced to suspend all services last week due to financial crisis The news of The Forum for Action on Substance Abuse (FASA)’s crisis sparked shock and worry across the community last week.…

FRP Advisory joins PrimeGlobal accounting network – CCH Daily inc Accountancy Live (subscription) (blog)

The firm specialises in debt advisory, commercial and asset finance, corporate insolvency, restructuring and insolvency investigation services and reported fee income of £29.8m in 2015. It has 32 partners and more than 200 UK staff with 12 offices in England and Scotland. The firm is ranked 23rd in the annual Accountancy UK top 75 firms…

Senior Stonewood Homes figures to come under scrutiny as liquidators move in – Taranaki Daily News

JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON Stonewood Homes founder Brent Mettrick has appointed liquidators to the building firm’s shareholder company. Stonewood Homes’ shareholder company has been placed in liquidation, a move that will put the firm’s senior management under scrutiny.  Stonewood Homes founders Brent and Sue Mettrick asked Ernst & Young liquidators Rhys Cain and Rees Logan to take over Holmfirth Group Ltd on Thursday.  Holmfirth Group Ltd,…

Bonds Gain and Euro Weakens as Markets Pivot on Central Banks – Bloomberg

Central banks have financial markets in a spin. Government bonds rose, the euro slid and equities fluctuated as investors waited to see if European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will satisfy heightened speculation on further stimulus measures. U.S. stock-index futures climbed. South Koreas won rallied after policy makers refrained from lowering borrowing costs, New Zealands…