The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Half of Swiss hotels, restaurants risk bankruptcy: employer group Nearly half of Switzerland's restaurants and hotels risk bankruptcy within months failing financial support to weather devastating Covid-19 measures, the sector's employer group warned Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210111/half-of-swiss-hotels-restaurants-risk-bankruptcy-employer-group Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:00:52 +0100 half-of-swiss-hotels-restaurants-risk-bankruptcy-employer-group Bankrupt Swiss tycoon jailed for seven years The canton of Zurich’s top court on Wednesday sentenced Swiss businessman Rolf Erb to seven years in prison for fraud, multiple forgeries and harming creditors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140115/bankrupt-business-tycoon-jailed-for-seven-years Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:46:00 +0100 bankrupt-business-tycoon-jailed-for-seven-years Ilford works ‘rescued’ in management buy-out The 220 jobs under threat at the Ilford Imaging works in Marly, in the canton of Fribourg, may be saved under a new rescue plan. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130808/ilford-works-rescued-in-management-buy-out Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:42:00 +0200 ilford-works-rescued-in-management-buy-out 220 workers laid off as photo plant shuts Fribourg-based photographic paper producer Ilford Imaging has failed to find a new buyer and has been forced into receivership. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130731/220-workers-lose-jobs-as-ilford-shuts-fribourg-plant Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:37:00 +0200 220-workers-lose-jobs-as-ilford-shuts-fribourg-plant