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Pitch to boost business facilitation

The global business sector is keen to continue working...

Barbados helping to spearhead US$500m disaster emergency fund

Barbados is playing a leading role in an international...

Global tensions ‘driving up costs’

Until geopolitical issues, including wars in major international markets...

Power hike concern

Questions and concerns are being raised about the fuel-related...

Accountants target social change

Finance is emerging at the frontline of social change...

Fuel surge to blame

Barbadians will have to dig deeper into their pockets...

Make ‘people more resilient’

One of the Caribbean’s leading economists is urging Barbados and other islands in the region to establish public investment funds and pump more money...

Fiscal performance ‘must improve’

Barbados has not had an investment grade credit rating for more than ten years and to get one, Government will have to significantly improve...

Standard sold

It is the end of the road for long-standing furniture and appliance store Standard Distribution and Sales Barbados Limited. Trinidad and Tobago conglomerate ANSA McAL...

King: Prepare for transfer pricing

Newly-appointed Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) Revenue Commissioner Jason King is urging corporations to prepare their operations for the introduction of explicit transfer pricing tax...

TCL Barbados operations progress

The Arawak Cement Company Limited no longer manufactures cement, but its Trinidad and Tobago-based parent Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Group reports that the company...

‘Pay should reflect productivity’ 

Link pay increases to productivity rather than using increased compensation to chase higher prices. That was the advice recently from Central Bank of Barbados Governor...

Consumer body wants clarity on cover for credit union funds

As the umbrella body for credit unions gives assurances that deposit insurance for these cooperatives will not burden or exclude them, Prime Minister Mia...

Jobless rate at record low, says Governor

Barbados' employment rate has fallen to a record low 6.1 per cent, as more people find work in the construction sector in particular. With major...

Central Bank reports 2.7% economic growth

The economy grew by 2.7 per cent in the first nine months of the year. Central Bank of Barbados Governor Dr Kevin Greenidge reported this...

Hart’s business career ‘meant to be’

It turns out that Jonathon Hart was destined for a career in business. That was not obvious to the now seasoned corporate executive in the...