The recession is persuading motorists to let the bus and train take the strain according to the latest Northern Ireland Road and Rail Transport Statistics. While there was a modest increase in new car registrations in the last six months of 2012, these are substantially down on 2007, the statistics...
The current investigation into how horsemeat was introduced into UK and Irish beef products is a stark lesson in what happens when businesses fail to manage supply chain risks. A PwC survey of over 1,500 executives in 64 countries revealed that fewer than half (45%) were comfortable with how well...
Women drivers are the big losers in an insurance shakeup that comes into force tomorrow, say advisors, PwC. PwC says that the EU’s new Gender Directive, which comes into force tomorrow [Friday 21 December], could add 40% to the average insurance premium of a young female driver. The Directive rules...
The administrators Manganese Bronze and associated companies (the Group), builders of the iconic London taxi, today met with staff to explain that, regrettably, there will be 156 redundancies with immediate effect. Matthew Hammond, joint administrator and PwC partner, said: “Regretfully, without financial support to overcome the Group's operational issues we...
Matthew Hammond, Tony Barrell, Ian Green and Mike Jervis were appointed joint administrators of Manganese Bronze Holdings plc, LTI Limited, MBH Services Limited and MBH Property Services Limited (“the Group”) on 30 October 2012. The Group is the manufacturer and retailer of the iconic London taxi, sold in the UK...
When Highland Airways went into administration in March 2010 with the appointment of PwC, no-one would have predicted the global profile one of its planes would go on to have. Learjet G-UIST – which was sold by the administrators in 2011 - is set to appear in this summer’s big...
PwC has been confirmed today [15 May 2012] as acting advisors to Infratil in the sale of Glasgow's Prestwick Airport. It remains advisors in the sale of Manston Airport in Kent, also owned by Infratil, an owner and operator of businesses in the energy, airport and public sector transport sectors....
With the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 29 November confirming a substantial rise in Air Passenger Duty (APD) in 2012, what is the future for our leisure and business travel? Given the impact of APD on the competitiveness and growth prospects of the Northern Ireland economy, the APD debate is of...
