How does the W+ Standard Make Climate Finance Work for Women?

Despite their enormous potential to produce and scale up solutions for climate change, food insecurity and poverty, women’s groups often still lack the resources and recognition they need to succeed. Seeing this, Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director at Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), set out to provide new, direct, revenue […]

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Probation Officers Still Waiting To Hear From Finance Ministry On Wage Talks | RJR News

By Kimone Witter     The Probation Aftercare Officers Staff Association says despite protest action today, its members are yet to hear from the government about the negotiations under the public sector compensation scheme.   The officers staged a sit-in to press the government on the wage talks.   Kerry-Ann Davis, President of the Association, says […]

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Pruksa to spend B17bn on augmenting healthcare business

Senera Vimut Health Service, a new wellness centre for seniors in Bangkok’s Koo Bon neighbourhood, will open this month. SET-listed developer Pruksa Holding Plc will invest 17 billion baht between 2023-2027 to expand its healthcare business, with three new Vimut hospitals and 14 wellness and nursing home centres in Greater Bangkok to boost revenue from […]

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German state tax revenues up slightly in January – finance ministry

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS BERLIN (Reuters) – Tax revenues of Germany’s federal and regional state governments increased by 0.8% in January compared with the previous year, driven by higher sales taxes and wage taxes, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. Federal and state governments’ tax revenue increased to a total of 58.03 billion […]

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Delays, unpredictability hinder litigation finance growth 

The litigation finance industry in India faces hurdles such as delay in receiving claims and the unpredictable nature of dispute outcomes in the Indian legal system, which may impede the industry’s growth, say experts. “Although a gradually expanding domain, litigation financing faces some key barriers in India. First and foremost, there is a general lack […]

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Fexco Asset Finance joins SBCI’s energy loan scheme

Fexco Asset Finance has become the fourth participant in the Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme, operated by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). The scheme provides low cost loan guarantees to small firms, farmers and fishers through a range of options, such as term loans, hire purchase and asset finance products. They have to be […]

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‘Red’ McCombs, namesake of UT Austin’s business school, dies at 95

B.J. “Red” McCombs, a prominent San Antonio businessman, philanthropist and the namesake of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, died Sunday. He was 95. McCombs is the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group and former owner of the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Vikings. The McCombs family said in […]

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Cairo hosts Uzbek-Egyptian business forum

The Uzbekistan-Egyptian business forum, with the participation of heads of ministries, industry associations, and more than 200 representatives of the business community of the two countries, was held in the capital of Egypt Cairo city on February 19, 2023. During the forum, the sides emphasized the potential for the development of bilateral investment, trade, and […]

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Why Professional Car Detailing is Lucrative Business Today

Last Updated: February 20, 2023, 15:14 IST You will have to take three jacks and 4 car mountings, which will cost you around Rs 15,000. Since the work is less mechanical and more labour related, the investment required is less. We are living in an era of startups. New innovative business ideas, unconventional in nature, […]

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Lord Mayor of London Nicholas Lyons drums up business in Australia

He said that leaving the EU allowed the government to start regulatory changes that would make the financial services sector more competitive. “And that, I think, will be positive for London. We’re very much open for business.” ‘Nobody can compete with the depth and breadth of what we do, even in post-Brexit London.’ Nicholas Lyons, […]

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