News: Finance
Evolution Wellness to deliver first Australian version of low price fitness brand GoFit
A partnership between Evolution Wellness and Urban Active offers Australian gym goers and fitness enthusiasts a smart new way to train as high value, low price (HVLP) brand...
Aug 16, 2022
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City of Casey adopts Doveton Pool in Park master plan
While the City of Casey has supported the Doveton Pool in the Park master plan - estimated to cost $21.14 million - it will only be able to deliver the infrastructure required...
Aug 16, 2022
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Legoland announces significant investments for Malaysia while also investigating ride malfunction in Germany
Aligned with the Malaysian Government’s efforts to revitalise the country’s tourism industry, Legoland Malaysia Resort - the first Legoland theme park in Asia - is making...
Aug 16, 2022
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Funding helps to support Queensland show industry
$2 million from the Queensland Government’s annual Show Societies Grants Program will support 129 local shows during 2022-2023 in being able to thrill, delight, captivate and...
Aug 15, 2022
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500 sporting events across Victoria supported by State Government funding program
The Victorian Government’s ‘Significant Sporting Events Program’ has supported 500 sporting events since 2014 with almost half of the program’s events to date having been held...
Aug 15, 2022
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New Zealand Courts advance bankruptcy proceedings against Ticket Rocket owner Matt Davey
Matt Davey, the one-time owner of collapsed New Zealand ticketing company Fortress Information Systems, is reported to be embroiled in a contracted legal battle over his...
Aug 15, 2022
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Loss of confidence sees mass cancellation of F45 franchise sales
Australian-founded fitness franchise group F45 has advised that more than 300 franchise outlet sales in the USA have been cancelled following the company’s loss of external...
Aug 15, 2022
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Screen Australia announces $1 million of story development funding for 33 projects
Screen Australia has announced over $1 million of development funding for 19 feature films, 13 television dramas and one feature-length project to be released online. The...
Aug 15, 2022
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Auric International Markets Limited announces significant partnership with Borussia Dortmund
One of the world’s leading financial brokers - Auric International Markets Limited (AIMS) - has embarked on their first venture into sport sponsorship announcing their Asian...
Aug 12, 2022
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Hobsons Bay City Council calls for funding to help deliver Western Aquatic and Early Years Centre
Hobsons Bay City Council has endorsed the preliminary concept plan for the Western Aquatic and Early Years Centre at Bruce Comben Reserve in the Melbourne suburb of Altona...
Aug 11, 2022
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F45 co-founder’s Reunion Training business enters administration
Liquidators are investigating Sydney-based Reunion Training, the business established by F45 co-founder and personal trainer Luke Istomin, which is reported to owe more than...
Aug 11, 2022
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Planet Fitness announces 63.5% rise in global revenues in last quarter
Low-cost gym operator Planet Fitness has reported a 63.5% rise in revenues to US$224.4 million in the last quarter with store sales increasing by 13.6% (US$151 million) to...
Aug 10, 2022
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Northern Beaches Council opens applications for sports grants
Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council has released the 2022 Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Grants – offering between $10,000 and $50,000 for improvements to sports and...
Aug 9, 2022
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Rising 2032 Olympics costs could see Gabba redevelopment exceed $1 billion
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has conceded that increasing building costs and material shortages could see the redevelopment of Brisbane’s Gabba for the 2032 Olympics...
Aug 8, 2022
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Survey suggests Australians are overspending on gym memberships
Millions of Australians are overspending on their gym membership, according to new research from Finder. The recently released survey found nearly a third of gym-goers (32% -...
Aug 8, 2022
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Australasian rental operator Jucy makes significant investment to ease vehicle shortage for international tourists
A significant proportion of Australia’s car and campervan rental fleet were depleted as a result of COVID with thousands of vehicles sold by operators to cover overhead...
Aug 8, 2022
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ABS figures show slow recovery of international visitors to Australia
The return of international visitors has been slower than expected since the reopening of Australia’s international borders with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)...
Aug 7, 2022
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Sydney’s National Centre of Indigenous Excellence set to remain open
Less than a week after the notice of its closure, the National Indigenous Centre of Excellence (NCIE) in the Sydney suburb of Redfern will remain open pending an agreement...
Aug 7, 2022
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Funding boost to deliver new Canberra theatre
The ACT Government’s 2022-23 Budget has allocated a total of $28.44 million to revitalising Civic Square and the Canberra Theatre Centre. This will fund design work and...
Aug 7, 2022
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Chinese property giant Evergrande cancels Guangzhou football stadium deal
China’s ongoing property crisis has seen real estate giant the Evergrande Group cancel a contract to buy land rights for a new football stadium in the city of Guangzhou....
Aug 4, 2022
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Swim It Forward 2022 campaign launched by Swim Australia ahead of peak drowning season
Before Summer arrives, Swim Australia hopes to raise $50,000 through their Swim It Forward 2022 campaign to help children from families in financial need, get enrolled into...
Aug 4, 2022
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Conversion of old abattoir line into active transport link among Get NSW Active projects to share in $40 million
The NSW Government’s ‘Get NSW Active’ program is allocating $40 million towards projects including a greenway from Iron Cove to the Cooks River, designs for the Pippita Rail...
Aug 4, 2022
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Inner West Council questions NSW Government’s stadium funding
With a reported dispute over funding for major venues between NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) Chairman Peter V’Landys currently...
Aug 2, 2022
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Minister confirms cost of terminating Singapore Sports Hub partnership
The Singapore Government has revealed that the cost of terminating the public-private partnership (PPP) for the operation of the Singapore Sports Hub will reach S$2.3 billion...
Aug 2, 2022
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