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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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‘Fix productivity puzzle for growth’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados and other Caribbean countries can unlock more economic growth, but first they must fix the complex, yet surmountable, productivity puzzle. Key to this is...
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Economists raise questions about over-reliance on sector

Colville Mounsey -
Barbados’ economic stability is dangerously over-reliant on tourism and could quickly unravel if that sector falters, economist Professor Troy Lorde has warned. Reacting to the...
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Bubba’s Restaurant celebrating 30 years

Julia Haynes -
Bubba’s Sports Bar and Restaurant is celebrating 30 years in business, having opened its doors on April 26, 1996, to an enthusiastic crowd, comprising...
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G7 to look at aid system reform

Nationnews Desk -
Development Ministers of the G7, a group of the world’s most advanced economies, ended their talks here in Paris yesterday with a consensus that...
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CTUSAB wants action on boards

Carlos Atwell -
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) wants to know what is happening with the boards of state-owned enterprises (SOEs)...
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Board meetings ‘at risk’

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Corporate Boards and other bodies are facing the growing threat of their confidential meetings being leaked, leaving directors and their organisations increasingly exposed to...
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