Tag Archives: T&T Business

Why it’s difficult to maintain management by objectives

Business Newsday 2 Days Ago A protester in front of the Red House in Port of Spain recently, shares her disgust with Government’s decision to vaccinate children. – File photo/Jeff Mayers DIANA MAHABIR-WYATT We are entering a post-Drucker age, where laws, judgements and precedents are ignored and mass rule dominates. Or tries to. Logic and […]

Flow supports employees, customers with back to school programme

Business Newsday 2 Days Ago Flow vice president Simone Martin-Sulgan, presents a token to a young Analeigh Romany, while her dad Colin looks on. Photos courtesy Flow – Some 34 members of staff of Flow, whose children wrote the July 1 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam, recently received vouchers, valued at $500 towards the purchase […]

Margaret Busby on wokeness, diversity and what it takes to make it in publishing

Business Kiran Mathur Mohammed Yesterday Margaret Busby has given voice to hundreds of brilliant writers, including Trinidadian author CLR James, Hunter S Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), and through her now famous Daughters of Africa anthologies. Photo taken from theguardian.com – The youngest publisher as well as the first black (Ghanaian-born) woman publisher […]

Downie appointed Bankers Association president

Business Clint Chan Tack 5 Hrs Ago Richard Downie, RBC’s managing director – RBC managing director Richard Downie is the new president of the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BATT). Downie was formally installed as president during a handover ceremony at the First Citizens Corporate Centre, Port of Spain on Tuesday. He succeeds First […]

Vetiver grass, the eco-friendly solution to flooding

Business Rhianna Mc Kenzie 21 Hrs Ago Vetiver grass being planted in contours along a hillside. Photo courtesy I Am Movement – I Am Movement In 2018, TT recorded one of the worst instances of flooding in recent history. Entire communities were submerged and countless families displaced. Since then, TT officials, from local government to […]

National recovery fund among American Chamber’s advice for budget 2021

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis 14 Hrs Ago Customers crowd UA Investment store on Frederick Street, Port of Spain on August 16 when retail stores reopened as part of the phased lifting of covid19 restrictions. Amcham recommends a national recovery fund in its 2021 budget wishlist. File photo/Sureash Cholai – A national recovery fund, consolidation of debt, […]

Has CNG drive run out of gas?

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis 7 Hrs Ago Pump attendant Subhan Mohammed fills a vehicle with CNG at St Christopher’s Service Station on Wrightson Road, Port of Spain. – PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE Compressed natural gas (CNG) has been dubbed by many in the energy sector as “the transition fuel” for Trinidad and Tobago, because of its […]

The search is on for the 2021 champions of business

Business Newsday 3 Days Ago The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce launched its annual Champions of Business Awards on August 25 with the theme “Innovate…Nominate…Celebrate”, opening the period of nominations for 2021. The awards programme is a recognition of business excellence in Trinidad and Tobago. Nominations will close at midnight, September 17, […]

Bureau of Standards gives 60-day moratorium on steel rule

Business Newsday Reporter 2 Days Ago Cold-formed steel framing. – The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards has given stakeholders in the construction sector a 60-day moratorium for the enforcement of a building standard on the use of cold-formed steel. The moratorium on TTS 598:2019 ­– cold-formed steel framing members for structural applications – specification […]

Avaya flies high on new cloud systems

Business Mark Lyndersay 2 Days Ago Avaya’s OneCloud product accounted for more than half of its earnings in third-quarter financial results. Image taken from aithority.com – Avaya’s success was front and centre for the company’s online Engage conference last week. CEO Jim Chirico says recurring revenue is up 275 per cent, the result of the […]