Business

Heat drives rush for ACs, fans

As Barbados braces for intense heat in August, retailers are reporting stronger demand for fans and air conditioning units from households and businesses. Earlier this month the Barbados Meteorological Services...

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...

BARAIFA awards celebrating excellence

The 53rd annual Barbados Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (BARAIFA) Awards celebrated excellence within the insurance and...

Go-slow concern

THERE ARE FEARS that the National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) go-slow could be hurting the country’s important economic pillar, tourism.Those worries have prompted...

GAIA Crawl

IT HAS BEEN a nightmare for some in-bound passengers at Grantley Adams International Airport following the start of a work-to-rule over the weekend.The industrial...

Rudy Grant appointed new CEO of the BHTA

THE BARBADOS HOTEL and Tourism Association (BHTA) has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO) for that organisation.He is former Barbados...

Long lines at Airport as go-slow hits visitors

VISITORS AND RESIDENTS who arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport over the weekend were greeted by long lines.Video obtained by NATION Online showed...

TOURISM MATTERS: Levelling the playing field

What can only be described as a battle royal to bring the home sharing platform Airbnb into line with the traditional compliant tax paying...

BEC: CVQs key in your recruitment drive

As the awareness of Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQs) as well as the benefits of the CVQs continue to increase across sectors with regards to...