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‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the “conservative” estimate of new research by Dr Shindale Seale, an international...
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Bajans deeper in debt

Barbadian families are deep in debt. While the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) flags the $6.64 billion in household...
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Mortgages rule loans sector

The continued expansion in mortgages to facilitate the increased construction of houses and commercial properties has become “a key...
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Growing risks threaten financial stability

Barbados’ financial system is stable but local regulators are warning that global risks have intensified, increasing the likelihood...
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Receiver invites bid for Solar Dynamics assets

Long-standing Barbados manufacturer Solar Dynamics Limited, an internationally-recognised pioneer of solar water heating technology, is facing an uncertain...
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Doyle pushing model to deliver enfranchisement

Shawn Cumberbatch -
The cooperative movement stands ready to help transform Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s vision of enfranchising Barbadians, through ownership of national infrastructure to improve...
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Symmonds pushes services-led growth as Barbados eyes digital economy expansion

Ashminnie Moonsammy -
Minister of Energy, Business Development and Commerce Kerrie Symmonds says Barbados must move quickly to diversify its economy by expanding non-traditional service industries such...
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Maloney Group buys bulk of BICO shares

Shawn Cumberbatch -
The Maloney Group has scooped up the majority of shares in ice cream manufacturer BICO Limited. Businessman Mark Maloney, executive chairman of the Barbados-based investment...
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Twenty-five Years of Awareness, Education, Hope

Julia Haynes -
For 25 years, the National Wellbeing & HIV Commission has stood at the forefront of Barbados’ fight against HIV championing awareness, prevention, education, support...
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Ice woes continue in fishing sector

Ashada Joseph -
Poor management as well as the inadequate access to ice within the fisheries sectors is threatening the livelihood of fisherfolk, president of Black Fin...
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Sagicor ‘upbeat despite loss of US$34m’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Seasonal mortality, US$49 million in market losses, and one-time charges have resulted in a US$34.4 million first-quarter net loss for Sagicor Financial Company Ltd...
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