The economic upheaval facing Barbados is enough evidence to show the country it is time to end the rhetoric and start the action.
In a frank presentation today to some of the country’s key business and public sector leaders, Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) chairman, John Williams slammed the slow pace of Government, the failure of trade unions to change with changing times, while warning his colleagues that business powerhouses could collapse unless they adjusted and restructured.
Williams said too that weaknesses of the Barbados economy had been camouflaged in the good times but were now exposed during the economic downturn.
The BPSA head who was the featured speaker at the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s 186th annual general meeting at Hilton Barbados hit out at Government, labour and the private sector, urging them to do better.
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