Category: Business

BY SHARON AUSTIN | SEP 12, 2022 Business on their minds: Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands (right), chatting with CEO of the Barbados Small Business Association, Dr. Lynette Holder, and Director of the Centre for Hybrid Studies, Dr. Deryck Murray, after the opening of the Creating Innovative Thinkers in Business four-day workshop, […]

BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 2, 2022 PICTURED above : President of the bank and Chairman of the board of directors, Professor Benedict Oramah addressing an audience comprising local, regional and international stakeholders during the opening ceremony of the Africa, Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2022 under the theme: One People One Destiny, at the Lloyd […]

BY NYA PHILLIPS | SEP 2, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, has encouraged the Caribbean and Africa to collaborate and seize the opportunities which await them within the creative industries or orange economy. Senator Munro-Knight’s comments came while delivering remarks to open discussion on the […]

BY SHARON AUSTIN | AUG 30, 2022 Senior officials in the public and private sectors listening attentively during the one-day Stakeholder Partnership Seminar on the Barbados Electronic Single Window for Trade, at Hilton Barbados Resort. (GP) The implementation of the Barbados Electronic Single Window for Trade will allow for the creation of a more competitive […]

Prime Minister Mia Mottley wants to see Speightstown become the centre of arts and heritage in the region. She made her intentions known at the official reopening of Archer’s Hall Design Centre Inc. in Speightstown, St Peter on Wednesday evening, almost two years after the establishment was extensively damaged by a fire at a neighbouring […]

BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | AUG 23, 2022 Barbados and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1972. (Stock Photo) Barbados and Mexico will soon develop a framework for an agriculture agreement. This was disclosed during a recent courtesy call between Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir, and Ambassador of Mexico to Barbados, Víctor Hugo […]

BY SHARON AUSTIN | AUG 23, 2022 Persons who have a renewable system on their house may expand it up to a total capacity of 10kW, without the need for a licence. (Stock Photo) The Householders’ Right to Renewable Energy Policy (RTRE) is now in operation, and persons installing domestic renewable energy systems up to […]