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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...
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Heat drives rush for ACs, fans

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

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

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

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) pharmacy is still struggling to make up the backlog as a result of...
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AS I SEE THINGS: The ant facing the elephant: 3

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This final article on correspondent banking, de-risking and the labelling of Caribbean countries as tax havens focuses on the long-term measures that can be...
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‘Mother’ to all baked goods

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It’s not unusual to find Terissa Bushell elbow-deep in flour, eggs, and icing sugar at this time of the year.It’s the Christmas season, one...
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Christmas backpay

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IT’S NOT TOO late for workers at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) to receive a Christmas bonus.That’s the word from Minister of Tourism...
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Businesses worry sewage leak may return

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WHILE THE SEWAGE leak that affected the island’s South Coast might be out of sight, for some businesses the problem is definitely not out...
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ON THE RIGHT: Nipping insurance risks in the bud

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Should Barbados take further steps to protect customers from insurance risk? As the Financial Services Commission (FSC) continues to improve the regulatory framework of the...
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ON THE LEFT: Saving consumers from insurance risk

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Should Barbados take further steps to protect customers from insurance risk? Risk-based capital (RBC) is a method of measuring the minimum amount of capital appropriate...
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