Corporate Fundraising for Natalie

Last week my wife passed on details to me about a lady named Natalie Murphy, a 34 year Mairangi Bay mum with terminal cancer who has been given just 12-18 months of life to live by her doctors.

I have to say it, her situation really touched my heart and it especially pulls at the heartstrings because she has a young boy the same age as my little girl.

My wife asked me if I could ask some of the business contacts I have made through this blog to see what they could do to help make Natalie's life a little easier and help her enjoy the life she has left with her 18 month boy Jackson and her devoted Husband Greg.

I don't have the time to organise and ask everyone but what I did do is contact CEO Nigel Morrison and his personal assistant Niki Schuck at Sky City Entertainment Ltd [SKC.NZX] and ask them what they could do for Natalie.

Connie Sprague from SKC got back to me and managed to organise a weekend for 2 at Sky City Grand, which they will use for a well earned weekend away and needless to say Natalie is absolutely over the moon.



Sky City didn't ask for any publicity, they were quite prepared to do this on the quiet but I would like to publicise what they did because I have an ulterior motive!

I would like to ask through this post of any leaders of NZX listed companies, individuals or others who would like to help Natalie and her family out.

Natalie's friends are having a fundraisng event on Thursday 7th April at The Patriot in Devonport, and they are after goods and the like to raffle to raise funds to help keep Greg at home as much as possible so he can spend more time with his family away from work.

So come on you lovely corporate lot, dig deep and help Natalie, Greg and little Jackson.

You can either email me here , leave your details at the bottom of this post or email the organiser of the charity event Ursula Mushett with your lovely goodies.

Thank you Connie and thanks in advance to you lovely generous lot who read this blog.


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Allan Hubbard Saga: Hubbard looks set to cop a plea

The NBR has reported this morning that there is yet another delay in the Serious Fraud Office case against Allan Hubbard and his failed business empire.

There have been serious charges investigated and evidence of fraud, forgery and bogus investments but Allan Hubbard's legal team have been delaying the final charges being brought via the SFO by last year requesting further time to gather evidence and last month submitting an MRI brain scan of Mr Hubbard.

Classic delaying tactics for an accused as old as Mr Hubbard all pointing to his legal team trying to prove that Mr Hubbard is not fit to stand trial and maybe instead willing to plea bargain their way out of the more serious charges and admitting to some of the lesser charges brought and thereby saving face on both sides.

A decision by the SFO is "weeks away" according to SFO head Adam Feely and in that time parties to the case look likely to hammer out the terms of a plea bargain to make everyone look good.

After the SFO has spent so much time and money on the case they are unlikely to want to let the accused walk away scott free, there is after all clear evidence of serious charges, so allowing Hubbard to cop a plea, would, in the SFO's eyes, make their pursuit of him seem justified to the public.

Age or sickness should not of course be a factor in serious charges of this nature being brought against the accused but all indications are leading to a cop out and get out of jail free card for the hubbardmeister.

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Share Price Alert: Restaurant Brands Ltd

The all-time peak for Restaurant Brands Ltd [RBD.NZX] shares was $2.76 back on October 29 but since then the share price has retreated by 29c or just over 10% to close at $2.46 yesterday.

There doesn't appear to be anything material within the company to suggest a slow down in company fortunes and there was even an NZX share price enquiry back in late Jan when the share price dropped 28 cents in a few weeks that came to nothing so the share price fall seems to be a mystery.

I can only guess that there could be cost pressures on the business from increased raw food prices and energy costs. Every staple has risen substantially over the last few months, especially this year and chicken, the primary cost for this business, has risen 10% in January alone.

While the company will have stable contracts for supply of raw food and power these costs will rise when the contracts expire. Add to this the minimum wage rise of 2% passed a few weeks ago and one can perhaps see some validity in the lower share price.

I have been uneasy about the RBD share price for some time and in November questioned the highs the share price was reaching.

There will obviously be more cost pressure as 2011 wears on so the share price is likely to retreat from its present levels unless price rises at the counter can be increased without affecting sales too much.


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