Changing the dialogue between customer and client
An interactive Bahamian web-based services directory is aiming to ‘change the way Bahamians do business’, its chief executive told Tribune Business yesterday.Benjamin Fox, chief executive and operations manager of The Island Shopper said his company’
Grim present but bright potential for our capital market
Our Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) has sent me a press release about the courtesy call they and closely linked Bahamas Central Securities Depositary (BCSD) paid on the Minister of Finance. These two organizations form the structura
Bimini to join ALIV stores chain
ALIV, The Bahamas’ newest mobile network, has announced the opening of a flagship store in Bimini will take place this Friday, August 18.Chief ALIV Officer Damian Blackburn said the company remains committed to quickly delivering on its mandate to pr
Govt needs attitude change to make Labour plans work
Ministers were urged yesterday to abandon the ‘dogmatic culture of governance’ as a step towards ensuring the success of a revamped Employment Exchange.The appeal came from the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) which also expressed its co
Airport looks solar to cut energy costs
Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) yesterday issued a request for information (RFI) on proposals for a solar energy plant at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) which it hopes will reduce operating costs.its top executive telling t
Finance key to lighting up renewable market
Renewable energy penetration in The Bahamas is moving “slower than desired” chiefly due to issues with financing, a local renewable energy provider said yesterday.Guilden Gilbert, vice-president of Alternative Power Sources (APS) Bahamas, told Tribun
IAN FERGUSON: Five simple steps to keeping staff engaged
What every company wants from its staff is Employee Engagement: An individual sense of purpose and focused energy, evident to others in their display of personal initiative, effort and persistence directed toward organisational goals. Many employees
Turnquest: We can turn Bank of The Bahamas around
Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest said yesterday the Minnis administration has the best opportunity to restore value to Bank of The Bahamas, telling this newspaper the government would not have injected $166m into the struggling bank if it did not b
'Govt spending cuts will hurt country'
Opposition Labour spokesman Senator Fred Mitchell has warned of a ripple effect from the Government’s spending cuts, arguing that the near two per cent drop in the unemployment rate was proof that the Christie administration had left the country in “
PM: Youth entrepreneurial empowerment to be 'major focus' of administration
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said that youth entrepreneurial empowerment will be a major focus of his administration, while urging the private sector to be “bold and imaginative”.Dr Minnis, who was speaking at the recent launch of the Bahamas Stri
$1m fund for tomorrow's entrepreneurs
Bahamas Striping Group of Companies (BSGC) president Atario Mitchell said the group was “putting its money where its mouth is” via a $1m facility which will provide capital funding for local entrepreneurs.BSGC officially launched The Investment Group
Update on legislation affecting financial sector
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas told financial and corporate service providers about its progress in overhauling the legislation governing their sector at a briefing recently.The briefing was held at the British Colonial Hilton on 8 August a
Carnival chief defends transparency on spending
Former Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) chairman Paul Major yesterday defended the $25m government spend on Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, arguing that the Commission has been transparent and accountable.Mr Major yesterday responded to recent
$100 million a year cost of poaching
Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance (BCFA) president Adrian LaRoda estimated yesterday that some $100m worth of fisheries product was being lost to poaching annually, telling Tribune Business that the issue remains the biggest challenge facing the se
D'Aguilar urges 'jaded' owners to help develop harbourfront
Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed yesterday he is trying to engage harbourfront real estate owners over plans to develop and create economic activity in the downtown district, but acknowledged they were “very jaded” having seen repeated ta
