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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...

Report: Small firms support minimum wage

Some small businesses in Barbados appear to support an increase in the national minimum wage. This is the finding of research which the Small Business...

FSC seeks to make submissions

Barbados Light & Power Company Limited's (BLP) bid to have the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) electricity rate decision overturned by the High Court has...

Massy limits US dollar dividends

There will be no United States dollar financial windfall for Massy shareholders resident in Barbados. In the face of suggestions that its decision to pay...

Renewable energy investment fund proposed

Barbadian Financial Analyst Avinash Persaud, who is the special adviser on climate change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is proposing...

IMF updated on Barbados economy

International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials in the United States have been updated on the progress of Barbados’ economic reform and the performance of the...

Barbados IMF surcharges in millions

Barbados is scheduled to pay millions of dollars more in surcharges to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year, 2025 and beyond unless the...

IMF checks in on Barbados tomorrow

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to “check-in” on Barbados’ economic performance tomorrow. Before the talks get started, Central Bank Governor Dr Kevin...

Trade deficit widens to $1.6b

Barbados' trade deficit widened to $1.6 billion in the first half of the year, with an increase in imports offsetting export growth. This is detailed...

‘Share the financial burden of storage’

The electricity grid has to be protected from instability, but customers of Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) must not be made to...

BCCULL, Sagicor launching e-wallet

The Barbados Cooperative & Credit Union League Limited (BCCULL) is set to transform financial access for credit unions and their members in a breakthrough...