Business

Celebrating 70 Years of supporting Barbadian businesses

For 70 years, the Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) has been helping to shape how we work in Barbados. Most of us know the BEC for its work on employment matters...

Heat drives rush for ACs, fans

As Barbados braces for intense heat in August, retailers are reporting stronger demand for fans and air conditioning...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its Barbados-based subsidiaries, has received a series of credit rating...

Fees fuel bank profits

Commercial banks are consistently making a large share of their profits from fees, including $152.6 million collected in...

Frustrating waits at QEH pharmacy

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) pharmacy is still struggling to make up the backlog as a result of...

Cooperation the key to de-risking solutions

WE SHOULD BEAR in mind that the objectives of international financial reform and international tax reform are to make the international financial system safer,...

ON THE RIGHT: Strong team key to business success

IT’S IMPORTANT TO understand that anyone contemplating expansion overseas must first be strong in their home market. If you are unable to compete, or...

Sealy: Hoteliers must continually reinvent themselves

TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE  in the hotel industry, hoteliers must continue to reinvent themselves, as well as seek to invest in catering to disabled persons. Minister of...

ON THE LEFT: Caribbean needs its own brand

I FIRMLY BELIEVE that the Caribbean region is in dire need of more exporters, more individuals, more entrepreneurs who think of exporting. The simple...

THE ISSUE: Companies have taken the plunge

SOME EYEBROWS MUST have been raised a week ago when The West India Biscuit Company Limited (WIBISCO) was named Caribbean Exporter Of The Year.The...

Businesses worried

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!That was the consensus of dozens of residents and business owners last night as they held talks to figure a way...