Small businesses warned: Don't abuse VAT privileges
Small businesses were yesterday urged not to “abuse their privileges” under the revised Value-Added Tax (VAT) structure, a consultant warning them not to treat due taxes like unscrupulous firms treat National Insurance Board (NIB) contributions.
Chamber executive: Make Freeport's tax incentive renewals conditional
Freeport’s expiring investment incentives should be extended until 2054 “in exchange” for the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and Hutchison Whampoa fulfilling their 1993 commitments and new development goals.
Bahamas Waste helps educate graduates
Bahamas Waste has done its bit to empower and educate Bahamian youth this summer by taking on two interns, one in its maintenance department and the other in the medical waste department.
Entrepreneur 'a bit afraid' of business support consolidation
A Bahamian entrepreneur is “a bit afraid” of plans to consolidate the Government’s small business support agencies into one, suggesting his business would never have advanced under such a structure.
The cancer eating away at corporate Bahamas
Some people allege that life is not fair. Others argue that favour is also unfair. Some people get all the perks, the blessings, the recognition. They get all the toys on the playground, and decide when - and if - you will get a chance to play at all.
BTC chief addresses human resource chiefs
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC)chief executive, Leon Williams, was one of two headline speakers selected to address the eighth CANTO annual Human Resource Forum at Atlantis.
Shipyard graduate in FIU scholarship
A graduate of Grand Bahama Shipyard’s four-year apprenticeship programme is heading to Florida International University (FIU) to study mechanical engineering courtesy of the company.
'Double' $25bn output boost from energy reform pipeline
Using gas piped from Florida as the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) primary fuel source would boost the increased economic output from energy reform by 150 per cent, amid renewed calls for this to be the Government’s “number one priority”.
Bahamas 'excels in turning off entrepreneurs'
The Bahamas has “excelled in turning entrepreneurs off from their dreams”, a young business owner yesterday urging the Government to completely revamp all its agencies supposedly geared to business financing and support.
Obama administration: US BEC bids 'superior choice'
Barack Obama’s commerce secretary has urged the Bahamian government to select two US-led groups to reform the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and energy sector, describing them as the “superior choice”.
Drinks producer plans IPO within three years
A Bahamian drinks producer yesterday said it was aiming to go public in three years’ time to raise the capital necessary for its $15-$25 million Andros expansion and international growth plans.
Gov't eyes $450m BEC debt 'win-win'
The Government is assessing a “win-win solution” that would relieve both itself and successful bidder(s) from the burden of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) $450 million legacy debt, Tribune Business can reveal.
THE ART OF GRAPHIX: Avoiding compromises to design integrity
Whether you are a web or graphic designer, or involved in any other kind of creative pursuit, maintaining integrity is not always easy.
Striping's patch plant to create 15-20 jobs
The extension of duty-free incentives beyond the Port area was yesterday cited as critical to Bahamas Striping’s decision to switch its planned $750,000 manufacturing facility from Abaco to Grand Bahama’s West End, a facility that will initially create 15-20 jobs.
Bahamas opens new airlift 'frontier'
The Bahamas will open a new direct airlift ‘frontier’ to Nassau on November 20 this year.
