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'STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Failure to implement crime-prevention methods "could be the straw that breaks the camel's back" for many struggling Bahamian companies, private sector leaders warned yesterday, with "slack" businesses more suscept
'STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Failure to implement crime-prevention methods "could be the straw that breaks the camel's back" for many struggling Bahamian companies, private sector leaders warned yesterday, with "slack" businesses more suscept
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss
Bahamasair eyes 'break even' despite $21m loss By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Despite being on target for a $21 million loss in its 2011-2012 financial year, Bahamasair's chairman says the airline is trending in the right direction and eventua
AIRLINE HOPES LPIA WOES STAY BELOW $100,000
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading Bahamian-owned airline yesterday said it was hoping that extra fuel and overtime costs incurred due to delays at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) over the Christmas-New Year week did not hit
IBC directors urged: 'Ensure all deals legit'
IBC directors urged: 'Ensure all deals legit' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Bahamian financial services professionals were yesterday urged to take their responsibilities as International Business Company (IBC) directors seriously and "make su
BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE
BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE
BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE
BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE
BAHAMAS 'NOT DONE VERY GOOD JOB' OVER TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Both the Government and the private sector have done a poor job in preparing for, and negotiating, international trade agreements affecting the Bahamas, the Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCE
Small Business Agency to avoid Mortgage Corp lending pitfalls
Small Business Agency to avoid Mortgage Corp lending pitfalls By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The proposed Agency to facilitate small and medium-sized business growth in the Bahamas is designed to avoid the pitfalls being experienced by the Bah
Gov't 'dragging on everything'
The Tax Coalition’s co-chair yesterday said there ad been no contact with the Government since the Budget’s unveiling more than a month ago, complaining that the Christie administration was “dragging their feet on everything” vital to the private sector.
LAW FIRM BLASTS CUSTOMS OVER 'WHIMSICAL FANCY'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A leading Bahamian law firm yesterday blasted as "almost unbelievable" Customs' second effort within two years to allegedly disrupt Freeport's $70-$120 million 'bonded goods' economy, arguing that arbitrary requir
GB airlift solution 'not instant coffee'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Contracting Bahamasair to solve Grand Bahama's airlift woes "will not be instant coffee", the minister of tourism and aviation conceded yesterday, adding that his ministry's plans were merely "rebuilding the infra
DPM: Bahamas must ‘prove’ itself to S&P
* ‘Not at all’ upset nation still ‘junk’ * Blames former Govt’s failure to deliver * Nation has 12-24 months to execute
The Government must “prove” it can deliver on its fiscal and economic turnaround strategy, the Deputy Prime Minister admitted yesterday, after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) kept the Bahamas at ‘junk’ status. K P Turnquest told Tribune Business he was “not at all” disappointed at the outcome of S&P’s annual review of the Bahamas’ sovereign creditworthiness, despite having previously expressed optimism that the Government could make the case to be upgraded to ‘investment grade’ status.
ENJOYMENT REMAINS PASSPORT TO SUCCESS
By Simon Cooper Res Socius Choose to do what you enjoy. This is a strange notion, although I often get round to discussing it with clients. In fact, it might surprise you to know how many square-pegs in round-holes there are out there in Nassau. I'm talk
OUTRAGE OVER UK'S 8% 'AIRLIFT TAX' RISE FOR THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean hoteliers yesterday expressed outrage over the UK's decision not to change its Air Passenger Duty (APD) banding structure, with the 8 per cent increase set to be imposed from April 2012 increasing airlift (access) costs to the Bahamas for Europe
Ex-Hard Rock franchisee queries transfer to ex-MP
Hard Rock Cafe's former Nassau franchisee has questioned why the business was so readily handed to its Bahamian landlord, when a decade earlier he had been "forced" to pay $1 million to end their partnership.
Broker clients want right to sue for $25
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Clients of a failed Bahamian broker/dealer are seeking a Supreme Court order that would assign them the right to sue those deemed responsible for their collective $24.5 million loss, fearing they may lose forever
ROAD PROJECT WAGES 50% BELOW 'NORMS'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Wages paid to skilled Bahamian tradesmen by the main New Providence Road Improvement Project contractor were around 50 per cent below market norms, the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president said yeste
