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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...

US carbon threat to region

Barbados and other Caricom countries could be in rough waters with the United States (US) this week if they agree to adopt a global...

The 5G Flow

Liberty Caribbean is promising to take mobile connectivity for the average Barbadian, the business community and wider economy to the next level, as it...

‘Economy resilient but testing times loom’

As officials from the Central Bank of Barbados and Ministry of Finance join their counterparts in Washington DC this week for the International Monetary...

12 000 jobs under Compete Caribbean

Compete Caribbean, a private sector development programme based in Barbados, has assisted 2 000 businesses and helped to create more than 12 000 new...

‘Go green or miss investment’

Go green or risk being gone from the investment map. Shania Taylor, an economic analyst in First Citizens’ economic research unit, says this is the...

GDP ratio ‘still high’

Fitch has changed its outlook for Barbados from stable to positive and affirmed the country’s B+ credit rating on the basis of Government’s improved...

Eyes on captive’s insurance top spot

Barbados’ position among the world’s top ten captive insurance domiciles is not good enough, according to Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins,...

Barbados ‘making progress’ in tax transparency

Barbados has satisfied the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that it is collecting and sharing tax information on large multinational enterprises (MNEs)...

$3b spent on imports

Barbados' spending on imports surged to $3.03 billion in the first eight months of the year, as total exports in the same period fell...

BCEN knocks Water Authority for unclaimed funds; says FTC must be proactive

The Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) is calling for immediate reforms to ensure there is fair compensation and accountability in the provision of water...