BusinessLocal NewsNews ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL by Marlon Madden 03/03/2023 written by Marlon Madden 4 min read 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 … Continue Reading 03/03/2023 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal News ATMs, phones back online; other COB systems still unavailable by Barbados Today 03/03/2023 by Barbados Today 03/03/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsRegional Expert predicts increase in cyber attacks as businesses fail to take security seriously by Marlon Madden 03/03/2023 by Marlon Madden 03/03/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNews Now or never by Marlon Madden 01/03/2023 by Marlon Madden 01/03/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNews Business Development Ministry to provide more help for local entrepreneurs by Barbados Today 01/03/2023 by Barbados Today 01/03/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal News Caddle makes case for project department by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal News New Office of Public Counsel to be appointed by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal News Power grid modernisation crucial as pressure mounts – FTC chief by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal News Loans to Trust Fund applicants a challenge given rising costs by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 by Barbados Today 28/02/2023 Head of the Barbados Trust Fund Limited has conceded that the loans from that organisation to some persons trying to launch and finance their businesses is not enough in the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsNews Cane harvest starts by Sheria Brathwaite 28/02/2023 by Sheria Brathwaite 28/02/2023 The 2023 sugarcane harvest got off to a slow start today. Reports from some private cane farmers indicated that the large blue trucks/bins, which transport several tonnes of cane to … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
