Envoici gets entrepreneurs up to speed Barbados Today03/03/20230399 views In a bid to fill the gap of entrepreneurs having to deal with the headache of sorting out their finances alone, a young Barbadian accounting expert and her team have… Read more
SSA turns to public health officers to help deal with messy businesses Barbados Today03/03/20230319 views Store owners who are not cooperating with the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) in the proper disposal of their garbage are being reported to public health officials. Public Relations Officer of… Read more
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL Marlon Madden03/03/20230461 views SECTOR WARNS AGAINST ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH FOR CAPTIVES By Marlon Madden Officials of the global business community are warning regulators that new corporate governance guidelines could put significant pressure on micro… Read more
ATMs, phones back online; other COB systems still unavailable Barbados Today03/03/20230320 views Two weeks after suffering a cybersecurity breach, resulting in some of its services going offline, the City of Bridgetown Cooperative Credit Union Limited (COB) is reporting that its automated teller… Read more
Expert predicts increase in cyber attacks as businesses fail to take security seriously Marlon Madden03/03/20230297 views By Marlon Madden Founder and Managing Director of Barbados-based cyber security and management firm Carisec Global Inc. Edward Millington is not convinced that companies here and across the region are… Read more
Now or never Marlon Madden01/03/20230754 views Barbados and other jurisdictions in the region are being told that now is the opportune time to push for emancipation from current unfair global tax regimes being led by powerful… Read more
Business Development Ministry to provide more help for local entrepreneurs Barbados Today01/03/20230264 views This country’s export potential lies in the small business sector and the Ministry of Energy and Business Development plans to pull out all the stops to help the businesses reach… Read more
Caddle makes case for project department Barbados Today28/02/20230310 views A former Cabinet minister has suggested to Parliament that Government may need a Central Project Management Authority to monitor how it is managing its many “moving parts”. Member of Parliament… Read more
New Office of Public Counsel to be appointed Barbados Today28/02/20230695 views A new head of the Office of the Public Counsel is expected to be appointed in the coming financial year to ensure consumers have representation in their complaints against businesses.… Read more
Power grid modernisation crucial as pressure mounts – FTC chief Barbados Today28/02/20230350 views Chief executive officer of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) Dr Marsha Atherley-Ikechi says modernisation of the island’s power grid is crucial, given the pressure placed on it by the increasing… Read more