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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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Affordability testing high salaries

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados is one of the top three paying countries in the region, alongside The Bahamas and St Kitts and Nevis, for people in executive...
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Barbados wants stronger WTO

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados needs the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and is committed to “working constructively” with all of the institution’s members to strengthen it. Senior Minister of Foreign...
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FSC uncompromising on governance

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Newly appointed chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Sir Patterson Cheltenham, has issued a firm warning to all entities under the regulator’s oversight:...
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More Sagicor shareholders sell

Shawn Cumberbatch -
More Sagicor shareholders in Barbados have been cashing in on the opportunity to sell their stock to local entity Barbados Stock Trading Company LLC...
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BCEN calls for review of FTC

Carlos Atwell -
The Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) wants a regulatory and legislative review of the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) mandate following the latter’s published stance...
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BHTA head worried crime could cripple island’s economy

Shawn Cumberbatch -
Barbados Hotel And Tourism Association’s (BHTA) chief executive officer senator Ryan Forde is worried that the island’s crime problem could cripple communities and the...
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