Category: private

  • Surrey runs out of state school places for private pupils as VAT raid bites

    Surrey County Council has admitted it does not have enough state school places to accommodate children transferring from private schools, after the government imposed a 20 per cent VAT on independent education. Projections obtained through a Freedom of Information request show that for admissions in September 2025, it is expected…

  • Madison Metals Announces $2.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement

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  • HydroGraph Announces $2 Million Private Placement

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  • HydroGraph Announces $2 Million Private Placement

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  • Elon Musk wants to gut the government like he did at Twitter. But his private sector strategies are going to be tested at DOGE

    Elon Musk has a new job doing something he knows a lot about: firing employees. Lots of people. Now he’s about to test his ax skills in the biggest downsizing challenge in American history. He is co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which President-elect Donald Trump recently created…

  • Inside the plans for Elon Musk’s new private pre-school in Texas, which just got a permit to open

    Elon Musk’s pre-K Montessori school in Texas can now open its doors. The school, which has been in the works since last year, received its initial permit from the Texas Child Care Regulatory Commission on Thursday, according to the agency, paving the way for Elon Musk to begin building ambitious…

  • FC Private Equity Realty Management Corp. and Telsec Property Corporation Respond to Melcor REIT’s Desperate Attempt to Mislead Unitholders and Remind Unitholders to Vote Against Melcor Development’s Take Under Offer for Melcor REIT

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  • Labour’s VAT on private school fees triggers surge in state school applications

    Labour’s 20% VAT on private school fees, which is due to start in January, is already driving the shift from the independent sector to the state sector, with more than 3,000 private school students applying to schools. government between June and September. The policy, announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in…

  • Private sector pay falls for first time in over 30 years

    The average monthly wage in Kenya’s private sector fell for the first time in more than three decades to Sh75,781, reflecting the impact of the country’s weak economy that has prompted companies to curb costs. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) says pay per employee has fallen from Sh78,034 in the…

  • Euro Sun Closes First Tranche of Previously Announced Private Placement Financing

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  • Ethiopia bans imports of gas-powered private vehicles, but the switch to electric is a bumpy ride

    Breadcrumb links PMN BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Samuel Getachew Published on November 3, 2024 • 4 minutes read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article content ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As fuel prices rose in…

  • Kenya Power drops plan for private firms to sell electricity in slums

    Kenya Power has dropped plans to tap private companies to connect customers in informal settlements and collect bills, following advice from the State Council and parent ministry. The company has now delegated the task to the state-owned Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (Rerec), with Kenya Power tasked with ramping…

  • Private schools to launch legal action against VAT on fees, calling policy ‘discriminatory’

    Private schools in the UK, represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), have voted to take legal action against Labour’s decision to impose VAT on school fees. The International Study Centre, which represents 1,400 independent schools, says the new tax is discriminatory, and particularly affects students with special educational needs…

  • CHAR Technologies Closes Private Placement

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  • Meta’s Threads suspends accounts showing private jet travel of billionaires like owner Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Taylor Swift 

    Several Threads accounts displaying publicly available data regarding private jet travel for some of the world’s richest and most famous people have been silenced. The year-old Meta-owned social media platform abruptly suspended an account on Monday showing the flight paths of the private jet owned by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and…

  • Apollo Silver Announces Further Upsizing of Private Placement

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  • Apollo Silver Announces Further Upsizing of Private Placement

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  • Crypto Investment Among Asian Private Wealth Managers Rises To 76%: Report

    According to A a report By Aspen Digital Cryptoassets are becoming increasingly popular among Asian private wealth managers, with 76% of them saying they invest in cryptocurrencies. The potential upside leads to greater interest in cryptocurrencies The report, titled “Asian Private Wealth in Digital Assets,” highlights the growing adoption of…

  • Private Christian Schools to sue government over VAT plans

    Three private Christian schools and a group of parents are preparing to launch a legal challenge against the government’s plan to impose value-added tax on school fees. Emmanuel School in Derby, the Christian Branch School in Yorkshire and King’s School in Hampshire, along with parents, claim that the tax would…

  • eBay to ban private e-bike sales over fire safety concerns

    eBay is set to ban the sale of e-bikes and their batteries by individuals in the UK from October 31, citing growing concerns about battery fires. As of this date, only “qualified business sellers” will be allowed to list these items, though the company has not yet clarified the exact…