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Bahamasair to unveil new fleet 'within 30 days'
Bahamasair expects to unveil the "change-out" of its Dash-8 dominated aircraft fleet within the next 30 days, a move it hopes will slash maintenance and operational costs.
Chinese deny alls oil involvement
Chinese deny alls oil involvement By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net CHINESE Embassy officials yesterday refuted claims that companies from their nation were partnering with the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) in it
Chinese deny alls oil involvement
Chinese deny alls oil involvement By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net CHINESE Embassy officials yesterday refuted claims that companies from their nation were partnering with the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) in it
Realtors mixed on 2012 outlook
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net REALTORS yesterday gave mixed projections for the 2012 market outlook, some telling Tribune Business they expected the year to be "fairly active" while others suggested indicators p
SANDALS EXPECTING 10% INCREASE IN BOOKINGS
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net SANDALS Royal Bahamian is looking at a 10 per cent increase in bookings, says general manager Patrick Drake. After investing almost $21 million into the restoration of the Manor bui
SANDALS EXPECTING 10% INCREASE IN BOOKINGS
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net SANDALS Royal Bahamian is looking at a 10 per cent increase in bookings, says general manager Patrick Drake. After investing almost $21 million into the restoration of the Manor bui
Ex-Burns House chief heads Sports Authority
Ex-Burns House chief heads Sports Authority By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is set to capture a 'significant portion' of the multi-billion dollar global sports tourism industry with the opening of the
FNM deputy questions Mortgage Relief ‘sense’
The Christie administration’s revised Mortgage Relief Plan does not make much sense “on the face of it”, according to the Opposition’s finance spokesman, who questioned what return the Government would get for its $20 million ‘investment’.
Baha Mar: No gratuity deal in 10 months
Baha Mar yesterday said it had been forced to cease the normal 15 per cent gratuity payments at the Meliá Nassau Beach Resort, after 10 months of negotiations failed to reach an agreement with the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) on a new arrangement.
SCRAP METAL REGULATIONS PUBLICATION TO COME SOON
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net AMENDMENTS to the Customs Management Bill which are expected to provide for oversight of the scrap metal industry, are expected to be gazetted soon, the Minister the Environment tol
Phil's: 'Enough to go around' in food retail
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THERE'S "enough to go around" in the food retail business for everyone to turn a profit, according to Phil Lightbourne, owner of the Gladstone Road-based food retailer/wholesaler Ph
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
SANDALS MANAGEMENT ACCUSED OF 'INTIMIDATING' ITS STAFF
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net UNION executives yesterday accused management at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort of 'intimidating' the staff. Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) President Lyn
'Internal brain drain'costs Bahamas $3.5bn
The Bahamas is losing nearly $3.5 billion to the “internal brain drain” caused by low worker productivity, a well-known eye doctor yesterday arguing this was having a greater economic impact than the loss of 61 per cent of tertiary-educated Bahamians to jobs abroad.
Businesses monitor air cargo fall-out
Bahamian businesses are continuing to monitor the fall-out from new and increased Customs fines on the air cargo industry, which has prompted some carriers to threaten to withdraw from this market.
CITY MARKETS NAME 'SHOULD HAVE DIED'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE City Markets name was what ultimately caused the struggling supermarket chain to fail to recover, a rival food retailer believes, telling Tribune Business that the Finlayson fam
CITY MARKETS NAME 'SHOULD HAVE DIED'
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE City Markets name was what ultimately caused the struggling supermarket chain to fail to recover, a rival food retailer believes, telling Tribune Business that the Finlayson fam
FIRM MULLS LEGAL FIGHT ON URCA LICENCE REVOCATION
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A GRAND Bahama businessman said yesterday he is considering whether to pursue legal action against the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) "as a matter of principle"
Firm mulls legal fight on URCA licence revocation
Firm mulls legal fight on URCA licence revocation By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A GRAND Bahama businessman said yesterday he is considering whether to pursue legal action against the Utilities Regulation & Comp
