by Engaged BT | Mar 31, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Behind the Virgin Active overhaul If there was an industry you didn’t want to be invested in during the worst of the pandemic, it was the fitness business. Amid hard lockdowns that temporarily shuttered operations — and with fitness fans turning to outdoor...
by Engaged BT | Mar 29, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Power competition starts as first trading licences awarded NERSA has recently awarded one of the first electricity trading licences, allowing a private company to sell energy directly to customers, which will help foster a more efficient power market by...
by Engaged BT | Mar 28, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
The Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict The recent developments between Russia and Ukraine have created turmoil in global commodity and energy markets. Traditional markets for SA exports and trade routes have also been disrupted due to sanctions and...
by Engaged BT | Mar 25, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
SA’s four possible economic futures The status quo cannot last; SA is approaching a tipping point that may involve radical discontinuity — for good or ill. Of the four scenarios developed by the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA), the risk advisory arm of the SA...
by Engaged BT | Mar 24, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
How Comair made a bad situation worse After four safety incidents in a month, the airline is in a desperate bid to restore passenger confidence. Given the implications — that the business rescue may have led to costs being cut in the sort of departments where...
by Engaged BT | Mar 22, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Mr President, announce major policy reforms South Africa recently held its annual investment conference. But industry believes much investment could be opened up by concessioning access and related infrastructure to the private sector. Said Busi Mavuso, CEO of...
by Engaged BT | Mar 18, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Travel & Tourism Struggles amidst and post-pandemic: next stop, recovery? With lockdown restrictions easing, are there any signs of resurrection in travel & tourism, and a heightened contribution to our country’s GDP? Engaged recently presented a...
by Engaged BT | Mar 17, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
CRI Series|Business Rescue: 10 years on… (part 1) The CIPC issued a report on business rescue proceedings from its inception on 1 May 2011 to 31 December 2021 – a “ten-year” scorecard. It takes stock of how business rescue has developed over that period and...
by Engaged BT | Mar 14, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
South Africa to launch a new Covid loan scheme from April – what you should know Government plans to launch a new ‘bounce-back’ loan scheme from SMEs from 3 April, which will relax the previous requirement for collateral. READ...