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...
by Engaged BT | Mar 10, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
The role of directors in business rescue proceedings: To not get in their own way What is the role of the board of directors during the business rescue process and what happens when directors want to be in control? Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer explains, as a point of...
by Engaged BT | Mar 8, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
New Hotels to open in SA this year While still some way off occupancy rates of 56.5% in Jan 2020, SA hotel stays have grown year on year from 20.7% in 2021 to 40.4% in 2022. This points to an encouraging uptick in demand, especially as foreign tourists haven’t...
by Engaged BT | Mar 7, 2022 | Engaged Business Turnaround
Massmart reveals massive store expansion Turnaround initiatives to simplify and focus the business are mostly complete, says Massmart, as it regears for growth. Future plans will also include creating a shopping experience heavily weighted towards intuitive...