Peter Chapman

2 weeks ago | canungratimes.com.au | Peter Chapman

IN Canungra when a family is in need you invariably find that someone in the community will step in to help. Our story in last month’s Canungra Times about an elderly couple battling to get council to remove a large tree limb that fell onto their Wonglepong property prompted such an action. We reported how Peter and Ray Hickson had received no joy from the council to come and remove tree rubbish even though it crashed into their backyard from council owned land.

2 weeks ago | canungratimes.com.au | Peter Chapman

AS the cooler weather starts to roll in across the region the summer sporting clubs are closing and are beginning to reflect on the 2024-25 year. Amongst those who will rate it as a one of the best on record is the Canungra Social Swim Club. President, Scott Harrison, said amongst the goals kicked during the season was the move to register with Swimming Australia, which he believed would be a game changer in the coming years.

3 weeks ago | thegrower.org | Peter Chapman

The requests for category managers and other employees in retail to visit suppliers never ends. People are proud of what they do, and they want their customers to see their operation. When I was working in retail, we could never get to all of the farms. We were managing hundreds of suppliers and almost everyone wanted us to visit. There is no doubt, it is valuable to see suppliers in action and understand their business better. Unfortunately, it is just not realistic to get to them all.

1 month ago | insurancejournal.com | Peter Chapman

Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it opened a so-called Phase 1 inquiry, a procedural step that gives the regulator up to 40 working days to assess the transaction’s potential impact on competition. The deadline for this stage is July 10.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Peter Chapman |Upmanyu Trivedi

The Direct Line website. (Bloomberg) -- Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog of its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’ll asses whether the deal could result in “substantial lessening of competition” in the relevant UK markets.