DPM: SBDC impact magnified five-fold
The deputy prime minister yesterday argued that every dollar invested in the government’s flagship small business initiative generates an economic impact more than five times’ greater.
Resorts slam union over strike 'rile up'
Resort employers yesterday slammed the hotel union for “deliberately riling up” its members into voting for a strike by misleading them over the 15 percent gratuity’s fate.
Landfill operator hits '80% of goals'
The New Providence landfill’s new operator yesterday said it is “hitting at least 80 percent of our targets”, having already invested $9m of its initial $20m financing.
DEIDRE M BASTIAN: The right image for your website
If you have a blog, online store or regular website that you want to look amazing, it pays to optimise each image that is uploaded. We can look at this in three ways: Making images look good; making images load quickly; and making images easy for search engines to index. Most posts go over one aspect of optimisation or another. However, it is best to start with high-quality images.
Cooper says deficit will exceed $400m
The opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday charged that the government’s 2018-2019 fiscal deficit will exceed $400m, adding that it has as much chance of hitting its $229m forecast as “pigs flying”.
DPM brands Opposition as 'the junk bond crew'
The deputy prime minister yesterday renewed his attack on the former Christie administration’s fiscal management, branding it the “junk bond crew” for overseeing four consecutive rating downgrades.
Titan funds speed up Family Islands launch
Sebas Bastian’s investment house yesterday said potential investor demand had caused it to speed up the launch of its two Titan investment funds outside New Providence.
Govt makes good on property tax u-turn
The government is reversing taxation policy that threatened to destabilise the Bahamian second home market with legal reforms tabled alongside the 2019-2020 budget.
Business ‘uneasy’ over tax strategy’s absence
Bahamian businesses are “anxious and uneasy” over the lack of a “clearly defined tax strategy” from the government, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman warned last night.
Union chief urges end to ‘strong man tactics’
A trade union leader has called for an end to “strong man tactics” in industrial negotiations while admitting that The Bahamas’ labour relations climate is “very, very bad”.
‘No big concern’ for the US$ peg in joining WTO
The Central Bank’s governor says the prospect of widening “trade imbalances” as a result of joining the WTO is “not a major concern” for The Bahamas’ fixed exchange rate system.
Bran: Budget is ‘same old, same old’
THE DNA’s ex-leader yesterday told the government it must “walk and chew gum at the same time” by reducing the deficit and stimulating economic growth, slamming the 2019-2020 budget as the “same old, same old”.
BREA chief to head Florida conference
The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president will be the keynote speaker when business leaders from various countries gather in Fort Myers tomorrow for International Day.
Bahamian realtor team joins global networking
Eighteen members of Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty flew nearly 3,000 miles to participate in the chain’s 2019 Global Networking Event in Vancouver from May 13-15.
Taxi chief: Nassau port ‘cannot be left behind’
Taxi drivers were yesterday said to be “excited” about potential spin-off opportunities from the $250m Nassau cruise port overhaul, their union chief saying: “We don’t want to be left behind”.
