Business

Chamber exploring alternative sources

The business community is intensifying efforts to help provide more affordable consumer prices as Barbadians continue to feel the pinch of a high cost of living. Barbados Chamber of Commerce...

BCCI: Business community working to ease cost of living

Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) president Paul Inniss says the business community is working to help...

Trinidad Cement Limited’s local results improve

The Barbados market is no longer contributing to its manufacturing output, but Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) says operations...

Massy still profiting in Barbados

Massy continues to profit from its operations in Barbados. The Trinidad and Tobago group’s unaudited consolidated financial statements for...

BRA identifies land tax glitch, some property owners to be refunded

Some Barbadians are due a land tax refund after a glitch overcharged residential owners whose properties are valued...

Barbados gives OECD assurance

Government has told the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that it will continue advancing key reforms so that Barbados can more effectively exchange...

Cloudflare outage brings down major websites for hours

The Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare experienced an issue early Friday that brought down some of the world's most popular websites for a few hours...

WIBISCO’s profits dip in difficult year

The West India Biscuit Company Limited’s (WIBISCO) profitability has declined following what its chairman Chloe Bermudez has called a difficult year impacted by “significant...

GraceKennedy expands Barbados dealings

Jamaican food and financial services conglomerate GraceKennedy Limited (GK) is growing its business dealings with Barbados as part of its Caribbean expansion strategy. GK group...

BL&P’s appeal should be refused, says lawyer

The Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) electricity rate decision is on “solid ground”, contrary to the arguments of Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P). This is...

ICBL earns $10.6m

The Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) is reporting a significant increase in profits. Chairman Joe Poulin, reporting on the nine-month period ended September 30, said...