Category Archives: Business

BHTA seeking better business facilitation

by Marlon Madden Newly appointed Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Renee Coppin has identified the ease of doing business as a priority area for the association this year. What is more, Coppin, who took up the post earlier this month, noted that she will be placing strong emphasis on research in […]

The many questions of governance in the metaverse

Business Mark Lyndersay Yesterday Horizon Worlds promotion by Meta. – It was clear from the start of the conversation about the role of governance and national sovereignty in the metaverse, that there were far more questions than answers. Vladimir Radunovic, director, e-diplomacy and cybersecurity programmes at the Diplo Foundation in Geneva summed up the problem: […]

Guyana now a global player in the oil and gas industry: Mottley

Fresh from her recent visit to Guyana to attend Guyana’s high-profile international oil and gas conference, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley earlier this week provided the media in Barbados with a fulsome briefing on her visit, asserting in her assessment of the visit that the discovery and subsequent recovery of oil offshore Guyana had now […]

Inadequate!

Real estate and infrastructural development financier MoneyMasters Limited has called for g overnment to pump greater levels of investment in the development of public infrastructure across the island, which it says could help to drive increased economic activities across cities. President of MoneyMasters Claudette Crooks, speaking at a quarterly investment forum held by the company […]

Goddard’s profits surpass hopes – Barbados Today

Barbados’ last remaining regional conglomerate is reporting a major revival in its financial fortunes as the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be easing. In its latest public filings, Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) told shareholders that the first quarter of its current financial year produced net income of $24 million. And according to GEL’s chairman Thomas Herbert […]

Who can, cannot seek redress at the Industrial Court

Business Diana Mahabir-Wyatt 18 Hrs Ago The Industrial Court FILE PHOTO – There seems to exist a certain amount of confusion among both employers and employees about what the Industrial Court is there for, and how an employee who feels wronged by the actions of their employer, or a manager in the organisation that employs […]