Geelong Football Club chasing tens of thousands in unpaid debt from Britishvolt buyer
by Jonathan Barrett from on (#6EBA4)
Money owed by Recharge Industries to the Geelong Cats include unpaid hospitality packages that typically involve premium match-day seating
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The Geelong Football Club is chasing Recharge Industries, the company that pledged to resurrect UK's battery-making ambitions through the purchase of Britishvolt, for tens of thousands of dollars' worth of unpaid corporate membership fees.
The unpaid debt adds to the mounting financial stress on the Australian-born firm that received high praise from the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, just months ago but now owes employees significant wages in the US, UK and Australia.
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