The Tribune

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

GRAND Bahamian Alishia Duncanson has returned home from the UK to make a difference helping small businesses and entrepreneurs succeed in Freeport.

The operator of Flint Stone Inc, Ms Duncanson has held several events to help small businesses improve and to thrive.

Yesterday, she held a small business mixer to help businesses maximise their connection and build business relationships. Mr Wenrick Clarke, branch manager of Bank of the Bahamas, talked to participants about business banking and e-commerce.

Just three months after her return to Grand Bahama, Ms Duncanson held her first event in June at the Pelican Bay Resort, where Mr Charles Pratt, of the Business Development Department at the Grand Bahama Port Authority, spoke with small business owners.

“Those in business, or thinking of getting into business, came out for a great night networking with each other and listening to Mr Chuck Pratt of the Grand Bahama Port Authority talk about small business incentives,” she said.

The second event was held in July, when business entrepreneur Raquel Hart spoke at the meeting.

“This meeting took on the format of an ice breaker with business owners being able to pitch themselves and their businesses to each other,” she said.

Ms Duncanson is enthusiastic about what she is doing and hopes to touch many in Grand Bahama to hopefully bring more vibrant business to the island.

Born in Grand Bahama, she attended Sunland Lutheran School. Her family relocated to the Turks and Caicos Islands, where she completed her primary and secondary education. She started her tertiary education at the College of the Bahamas, and later moved to England to study.

After residing there for several years, she decided to return to the Bahamas.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and a certificate in business.