BTC partners on Business Outlook
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday said it has partnered with the organisers of today’s Andros Business Outlook conference.
Paid parental leave increase ‘huge differentiator’ for BTC
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) believes the major increases in paid leave for new parents will be “a huge differentiator” in its attractiveness as an employer.
Financial industry needs ‘workforce transformation’
The Government is planning a study to identify the financial services jobs Bahamians must be trained to perform as a result of financial technology (FinTech) and other advances.
Investar bringing Titan to Freeport
Sebas Bastian’s investment house opened its Grand Bahama office on Monday in a bid to give residents better access to investing in its two Titan mutual funds.
Collaboration ‘critical’ for financial industry
Collaboration with domestic and international regulators is “critical” if this nation is to grow its financial services industry and preserve Bahamian jobs, a Cabinet Minister has asserted.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Covering a book’s image
Publishing a book is always a gratifying accomplishment. But never forget the importance of photos and pictures. Pictures mean business, and even the most compelling stories can be boring if readers are confronted with black type on white paper.
Inagua ‘ghost town’ on Morton lock-out
Fears were rising last night that Inagua will become “a ghost town” after Morton Salt gave its workers a 15-day ultimatum to agree acceptable industrial terms or be “locked out” of the plant.
‘First time-ever an employer is going on strike’
A trade union leader yesterday branded Morton Salt’s 15-day “lock-out” ultimatum to its workers as “the first time in Bahamian history that an employer has gone on strike”.
Ex-minister’s $6m judgment plunges BOB back into loss
A $6m default judgment obtained by a former Cabinet minister’s companies has plunged Bank of The Bahamas back into multi-million dollar losses and halted its financial recovery efforts.
Auto chief backs insurer’s concern on tech struggles
The Bahamas Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA) president yesterday said he “fully agrees” with a top insurer that auto repair shops are struggling to keep pace with technology advances.
Aviation fears pilot shortage
THE Bahamas could suffer a shortage of commercial airline pilots due to the aggressive recruitment drives and higher salaries being offered by major global carriers.
End to insurers’ VAT wrangle ‘very close’
BAHAMIAN insurers are ‘very close’ to having to having their concerns over Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds resolved, the chairman of the Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) said yesterday.
URCA to look into complaints as channels vanish
THE Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) said yesterday it is looking into RevCable Bahamas’s recent channel line-up change which has left many of the company’s customers irate.
‘We’ll bring order to taxicab chaos’
TRANSPORT and Local Government Minister Renward Wells yesterday affirmed the government’s commitment to bringing order to the taxicab sector which he said “has been allowed to mushroom into chaos”.
Micro-insurance proposal to close the gap
BAHAMAS First’s top executive yesterday suggested government’s in the Caribbean should consider providing some form of micro-insurance solutions for people who cannot afford traditional insurance, noting the persistently low insurance penetration rates ‘is largely a question of economics’.
