Tag: provision

Pre-tax profits at direct provision operator rise to €4.6m

Pre-tax profits at one of the largest accommodation providers to International Protection Applicants (IPAs) in 2022 increased to €4.6 million. New accounts filed by Bridgestock Care Ltd show that the direct provision business recorded a slight increase in pre-tax profits as revenues increased by €1.5 million, or 10 per cent, from €14.9 million to €16.4 […]

Fair or unfair? Social Security provision affects many retirees

Mar. 3—Larry Rice spent the bulk of his professional life as a patrolman in Norwich. He answered calls, broke through doors, chased bad guys and has the scars to prove it. When he retired in 2003 and applied to collect his Social Security benefits, he discovered he’d be collecting only about half of the benefits […]