by Engaged BT | Apr 12, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Dutch companies to ramp up investment in South Africa The Netherlands is South Africa’s second-largest source of FDI, with 19.3% of all inflows. Several Dutch companies plan to expand their investments in South Africa in key areas such as health, cybersecurity...
by Engaged BT | Apr 8, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Business Rescue In Need Of Better Regulation – Deloitte Business rescue in South Africa is experiencing a crisis of trust, mainly due to the low success rate experienced by lenders as well as the unsuitability of business rescue practitioners. This is one...
by Engaged BT | Apr 7, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Granola for the banks It sounds like something Kellogg’s makes, but Working Capital Crunch is hard for some businesses to digest. There’s a capital crunch underway, and in company announcements locally and abroad, there are increasing signs of lengthening...
by Engaged BT | Apr 5, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Do shareholders have a say in business rescue proceedings? Can shareholders block a business rescue practitioner’s plan to issue shares in the company as part of the business rescue plan, thereby diluting the shareholding of any class of shareholders? It...
by Engaged BT | Apr 4, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Upbeat report from Moody’s may not be enough to convince the sceptics Moody’s has raised SA’s rating outlook from negative to stable. But broken SOEs, GDP growth of only 1.5% for this year, and 35% unemployment mean there’s still much more work to...
by Engaged BT | Apr 1, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Introducing the Deloitte Stability Index Deloitte has launched its Stability Index, a measure of financial stability for SA listed companies based on leading financial indicators. Measuring the financial stability for SA listed companies offers early...
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...