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BTC TARGETS 70-75% LOCAL RETAIL OWNERS

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) retail expansion is expected to generate significant entrepreneurial opportunities for Bahamians, its chief executive telling Tribune

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) retail expansion is expected to generate significant entrepreneurial opportunities for Bahamia

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) retail expansion is expected to generate significant entrepreneurial opportunities for Bahamia

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) retail expansion is expected to generate significant entrepreneurial opportunities for Bahamia

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) retail expansion is expected to generate significant entrepreneurial opportunities for Bahamia

KFC union concern on recognition precedent

KFC union concern on recognition precedent By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net KENTUCKY Fried Chicken's (Nassau) nine stores remained closed yesterday, although union executives told Tribune Business they had informe

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners

BTC targets 70-75% local retail owners Sub-Deck: * Eyeing 40-50 as owned and managed by Bahamians * Investing $8-$10m in retail roll-out that will add two-three outlets per month * Could have up to 65 locations File Pics of Geoff Houston, BTC By NATAR

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PM: ‘No time to rest on laurels’ over EU

THE Prime Minister yesterday said the Bahamas has “no time to rest on our laurels”, given the European Union’s (EU) concerns over the absence of corporate income taxation. Dr Hubert Minnis told the House of Assembly that the EU’s Code of Conduct group had written to the Government expressing concerns that this nation’s tax system did not comply with its ‘blacklisting’ criteria.

75 JOBS FROM DOCTORS' $1M WESTERN MOVE

By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DOCTORS Hospital plans to invest in excess of $1 million to re-open its Western Medical Plaza facility, its president telling Tribune Business yesterday that the move could ultimate

DNA adviser pushes for tax, exchange reforms

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas should move towards changing its tax structure and explore an alternative system to exchange control, a well-known doctor and financial executive said yesterday. Dr Jona

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Excise Tax snafu stymies start-up's 60 hires plan

A Bahamian-owned tobacco manufacturing start-up said yesterday it would pursue legal action as a “last resort” if it is unable to obtain an Excise Tax exemption on domestic sales, adding that its business model had been thrown “totally out of whack”.

Nassau/PI resorts in New Year sell-out 

MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island resorts are predicting traditionally strong occupancies over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period.

KFC's union cancellation historic first

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net The minister of labour yesterday said Kentucky Fried Chicken's (Nassau) move to cancel its 'voluntary recognition' of a trade union's 'bargaining agent' status marked the first time

QC tells the web shops: Form own credit union

A prominent QC has called on web shop gaming operators to establish their own credit union, as blasted the Canadian-owned banks’ refusal to accept the sector’s deposits as making “no sense whatsoever”.

‘Nothing to celebrate’ on $99m borrowing

The Opposition yesterday argued there was “nothing to celebrate” in the Christie administration’s revelation that it is only borrowing $99 million to fund the 2016-2017 fiscal deficit, its finance spokesman saying it had over-burdened Bahamians with taxes to achieve this.

GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% Net access

GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% Net access By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net LESS than 60 per cent of Bahamian homes have Internet access, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) chief executive has said

GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% Net access

GDP boost from raising Bahamas' 60% Net access By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net LESS than 60 per cent of Bahamian homes have Internet access, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) chief executive has said

BEWARE OF 'SWEET MOUTH' POLITICS

By Larry Gibson I CAN recall as a child growing up, we would refer to someone who had a propensity for telling long tales as being 'sweet mouth'. After hearing your sweet mouth friend tell one of his or her embellished tales, the others would look at eac

BEWARE OF 'SWEET MOUTH' POLITICS

By Larry Gibson I CAN recall as a child growing up, we would refer to someone who had a propensity for telling long tales as being 'sweet mouth'. After hearing your sweet mouth friend tell one of his or her embellished tales, the others would look at eac

BEWARE OF 'SWEET MOUTH' POLITICS

By Larry Gibson I CAN recall as a child growing up, we would refer to someone who had a propensity for telling long tales as being 'sweet mouth'. After hearing your sweet mouth friend tell one of his or her embellished tales, the others would look at eac