Latest news

financial

Sports

Owls tipped as first Championship side to be relegated

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY have been forecast as the first Championship side to be relegated at the end of the upcoming season primarily due to the Thai-owned football club’s unresolved financial crisis and ownership fiasco, according to an English football pundit. Benjamin Bloom has predicted on his YouTube channel that the Owls […]

Read More
Sports

EFL concerned about future of Sheffield Wednesday

  Story by Daniel Austin – BBC Sport senior journalist THE English Football League is increasingly concerned about the future of Sheffield Wednesday and their ability to fulfil their Championship fixtures this season, the BBC has been told. The Owls are in a deepening financial crisis under the ownership of Thai businessman Dejpon Chansiri, including […]

Read More
Business

Cabinet nod for draft Financial Hub Act – to be immediately sent to the House

  THE CABINET today (July 15) approved the draft Financial Hub Act B.E…. after the Council of State completed reviewing the legislation with this to be immediately forwarded to the House of Representatives for the first reading, Amarin TV said. Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul said this new legislation, consisting of nine sections and 94 […]

Read More
Business

Cash-strapped small hotels in Phuket appeal for help

  SMALL hotels in Phuket are facing dire financial problems with several having been seized by financial institutions that have put them up for sale while 200 others are in the process of being seized by the Legal Execution Department, Thansettakij newspaper said today (July 13). Around 50 small hotel owners held a protest at […]

Read More
Business Local News

Dates set for Covid relief aid for 9m Thais

The Ministry of Labour said employees of private firms can begin registering for their slice of a new 4,000-baht financial relief package from Feb 16. Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said he agreed with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that the Covid-19 financial relief package should also be given to employees of private firms covered by Section […]

Read More
Business

PM guarantees fiscal position remains strong with no payroll crisis looming

PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Sept. 23) debunked rumours falsely claiming the government is facing such a severe budget problem that civil service payroll could be affected underscoring that the country’s financial position remains strong, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Pointing out that he had already previously clarified this issue, the Prime Minister said relevant agencies […]

Read More