Container Ships Stranded At Sea After South Korean Company Goes Bankrupt – NPR

Enlarge this image Containers are stacked at the Hanjin Incheon Container Terminal on Sept. 3 in Seoul. South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping company declared bankruptcy Aug. 31. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Dozens of massive container ships are stranded at sea, looking for a place to dock after one of the…

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Franchising fallacies: why you need to examine the fine print – The Canberra Times

Is buying into a franchise worth the investment? Recent disputes between franchisors and franchisees of popular brands such as Nandos, Eagle Boys and 7-Eleven would suggest franchises are risky business. However, enterprising Australians do love a franchise: we have about 1200 different franchise systems operating, licensing almost 80,000 franchisees. This is one of the highest rates…

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‘It seems like there is one rule for individual taxpayers and another for large companies’ – Watford Observer

A popular restaurant chain that closed down without warning owes the council more than £200,000, the Observer can exclusively reveal. Jimmys World Kitchen in High Street was part of a chain and outlets of that chain have racked up at least £639,000 in outstanding business rates across the country over the last three years. In…

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Money laundering, tax evasion, reaches scale of “organised crime” – MacroBusiness (blog)

By Nathan Lynch, Head Regulatory Analyst for Australia & New Zealand, Thomson Reuters Lawyers, accountants and other professional service providers are facilitating tax evasion and money laundering in Australia on a scale that places them in the category of organised crime, according to senior policing figures and government officials. The release of the Panama Papers…

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Insolvency practitioner jailed for two years after taking £50000 from clients facing bankruptcy – South Wales Argus

William Evan Price was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court A TORFAEN man who took almost £50,000 from clients facing bankruptcy while working as an insolvency practitioner has been sentenced to two years in prison. William Evan Price, 69, of Park View Terrace, Pontnewynydd, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday. The name of his company…

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Franchising fallacies: why you need to examine the fine print – The Sydney Morning Herald

Is buying into a franchise worth the investment? Recent disputes between franchisors and franchisees of popular brands such as Nandos, Eagle Boys and 7-Eleven would suggest franchises are risky business. However, enterprising Australians do love a franchise: we have about 1200 different franchise systems operating, licensing almost 80,000 franchisees. This is one of the highest rates…

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The new special administration regime for social housing providers in England – Out-Law.com

The special administration regime is referred to in the Act as ‘housing administration’, and is aimed at private registered providers of social housing in England (‘housing associations’). It is limited in that only the secretary of state, or the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) with the consent of the secretary of state, may apply for…

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‘It seems like there is one rule for individual taxpayers and another for large companies’ – St Albans & Harpenden Review

Jimmy’s in High St, The Met Quarter, Watford A popular restaurant chain that closed down without warning owes the council more than £200,000, the Observer can exclusively reveal. Jimmys World Kitchen in High Street was part of a chain and outlets of that chain have racked up at least £639,000 in outstanding business rates across…

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