Category: Finance

Press Release – Nga Manu.We are extremely proud to announce that Ngā Manu Nature Reserve has recieved a Silver Sustainable Tourism Business Award from Qualmark – New Zealand tourism’s official quality-assurance organisation. This award recognises that Ngā Manu is focused on protecting what makes New Zealand unique and special, and is committed to protecting our […]

Half of female entrepreneurs are REJECTED when applying for new business loans, new research suggests: Women believe they are viewed as ‘part-timers’ for having children and less professional than male counterparts Half of women entrepreneurs applying for a loan or investment are rejected Women in Yorkshire and Humber and Scotland struggled more than other areas […]

Senator Sonny Angara and his wife, Tootsy, during their Cebu visit on Friday, March 3. | Niña Oliverio CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara said there were existing laws that were crafted to especially help micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including those who were in the creative industry. But they also need the […]

Business is booming in Winnipeg’s industrial market, and it’s not expected to fizzle any time soon. After adding more than 750,000 square feet of inventory in 2022, the Manitoba capital is forecasted for a strong 2023 that will bring on another million square feet in inventory while demand remains sky high, according to a recent […]

People that know me know I love a good metaphor (sometimes even bad ones…) The unpredictability of weather over the past… pick a time frame… is a classic for the trials and tribulations we all face throughout life and, more appropriately for this column, any entrepreneurial endeavor. Enter “The Business Plan.” I am sure this […]

It was reported that the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and the Japan Business Federation (JBF) decided to raise a fund tentatively named ‘future youth fund’ as a solution for compensation for the forced labor victims of the Japanese colonial period. The South Korean and Japanese governments shared the understanding that the Japanese defendant companies […]

Finolex Industries is planning to increase its share of plumbing, sanitation pipes and fittings business, and achieve a 50:50 split between the agriculture and non-agriculture pipes and fittings businesses. There is now a renewed focus on growing the non-agri segment. Ajit Venkataraman, CEO, Finolex Industries, said the company has been an agriculture piping-focused company and […]

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A couple with a love for Maine’s outdoors and making memories as a family has launched a business where they can share those same values with others.  Michelle and Jason Adams have opened EMA Backwoods Adventures, a newly built vacation house on a 5-acre property on Parsons Landing Road in Dover-Foxcroft that also […]

To be successful, a business needs to have a plan for revenue in the short term and profitability in the long. Early-stage founders might be tempted to come up with half a dozen ways the company could make money. Don’t fall into temptation: Five unproven solutions don’t make one actual solution. Having said that, sometimes […]

The Registrar of Companies, Jemima Oware, has called on businesses to disclose their beneficial owners in line with the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) to promote transparency and provide a level playing field for the business community in Ghana. The beneficial owner is an individual (a natural person and not a company) who directly or […]