By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
THE government still has "a great deal to do" to be viewed as business-friendly, with few businesses seeing any improvement in their interaction with public sector bureaucracy.
Michael Maura, pictured, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BBCEC) chairman, said the private sector had to hold the government accountable following a survey rating the latter's progress on "ease of doing business" issues.
Mr Maura said 129 businesses from 20 different sectors participated in the survey. He added that when it came to starting a business, 58.4 percent of respondents said they had not seen any improvement. And, with respect to Town Planning, some 67 percent of respondents said dealings had not become easier.
Eighty-five percent of respondents said they had not seen any improvement on access to credit. As for skilled labour access, 23.73 percent of companies said they had seen a slight improvement, while 75 percent said there had been none.
Mr Maura said 85 percent of respondents said they had seen no improvement on the energy front, and 96.5 percent reported the same for banking services on the Family Islands. With regards to Customs filings and processing, 41 percent of respondents said they had seen a slight improvement, while 58 percent reported no improvement.
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