Business

Call for greater cybersecurity awareness

Young people could be putting their personal information, devices and even home networks at risk without realising it, simply by clicking malicious links on their mobile phones, a digital...

Watson to challenge BLPC nod for costs

Attorney Tricia Watson will be challenging the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) latest approval of a Barbados Light &...

‘70% of workers disengaged’

Barbados could be losing $1.6 billion a year to disengagement and lost productivity in the workplace. That is the...

Bajans deeper in debt

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

Mortgages rule loans sector

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

CDB working to unlock capital

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is intensifying efforts, including the implementation of new programmes, to widen access to millions of dollars in financing and...

Call to deepen economic links

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging the region to stop behaving like it is peripheral to the global system. He is recommending that countries...

US$1.6b in Africa trade opportunities

With importers in Barbados and the region looking to diversify their source markets away from the United States (US) and other traditional suppliers, new...

Amazon to cut 16 000 jobs after email error

US technology giant Amazon has confirmed it will cut 16 000 jobs - hours after it told staff about a new round of global...

Capital markets ‘need help’

As the Caribbean strives for growth and competitiveness, the road must be made easier for capital markets in Barbados and elsewhere to help the...

UWI Cooperative Credit Union reaches new milestone

The University of the West Indies Cooperative Credit Union Limited (UWICCUL) this year marks a proud and significant milestone with 40 years of service...