Law firm stages client seminar
HIGGS & JOHNSON last Wednesday hosted its annual client seminar under the theme ‘Bankruptcy, Inheritance & Taxes’.
IMF cuts Bahamas 2015 growth 25%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday cut its projections for Bahamian GDP growth in 2015 by 25 per cent, meaning this nation’s focus has “got to be” economic expansion and job creation.
South Ocean resident 'won't rest' until access answers
A South Ocean Village resident yesterday pledged he “will not rest” until the resort explains why it has seemingly barred himself and other homeowners from accessing the beach, threatening legal action if the matter is not resolved.
Realtor: 'Tale of two markets' means 90% of buyers high-end
A well-known realtor yesterday said his reliance on luxury international purchasers has grown to 80-90 per cent of his sales, telling Tribune Business: “It’s almost like the Bahamian buyer has disappeared.”
Water Corp eyes monthly billing
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) is aiming to shift to a monthly billing system through the introduction of automated meter reading (AMR) for both commercial and residential consumers, ending the practice of physical meter readings.
City Markets pension deal: renewed hope
City Markets’ former principal yesterday said he was “hopeful we should have agreement by the end of the week” on a real estate deal that would settle the pension obligations owed to one group of retirees/beneficiaries.
Sandals graduates 20 from training plan
Sandals Royal Bahamian has prepared 20 persons to enter the industry after they completed the resort’s Hospitality Training Programme (HTP). It subsequently hired 65 per cent of the graduates who were eligible to work, following the six week exercise.
National debt hits $5.8bn at mid-year
The Bahamas’ national debt stood at almost $5.8 billion at end-June 2014, increasing by $131.2 million during the year’s second quarter despite a narrowing of the Government’s fiscal deficit.
MARKETING REVOLUTION: Dare to be bold amid the critics
If you have something of value to offer the world, and dare to market it in a different way to what everyone else does, then congratulations are in order. You have joined the Marketing Revolution.
Fidelity rewards staff's top achieving children
Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) has hosted an award ceremony during which 30 students were recognised for academic excellence.
Baha Mar donates to band's New York trip
More than a dozen rake n’ scrape band members yesterday left for New York, where they will perform at churches and colleges in and around the city.
Tourism 'black eye' fears from oil spill
A leading dive operator yesterday warned that the latest Clifton oil spill could leave the Bahamas with “a real black eye” internationally, having potentially cost his business “tens of thousands of dollars” in damages/
'Battle 4 Atlantis' beats impossible: Sales 15% higher
Atlantis’s top executive believes the resort has achieved the impossible by selling tickets for its upcoming US college basketball tournament at a pace that is 15 per cent faster year-over-year.
Gov't told: 'Live up to your end of the fiscal bargain'
The private sector has contacted an international organisation that works to make governments more accountable for help in achieving the same in the Bahamas, as it told the Christie administration: “Live up to your end of the bargain”.
Atlantis to 'open new market' on October 16
Atlantis believes it will “open up a whole new market” for itself and the Bahamas when its 10-year franchise/marketing relationship with Marriott and its Autograph Collection launches on October 16.
