Consolidated Finance is being aligned with the branding of its parent company, the ANSA McAL Group, and will now be known as ANSA Merchant Bank (Barbados) Limited (AMBBL). In a recent statement, the finance company said the move opened many new and desirable financial options to the business and private sectors. This transition, the company […]
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The Financial Services Commission (FSC), which regulates the island’s financial services sector along with the Central Bank of Barbados, has appointed a new chairman and a new member to its Board of Commissioners. Oliver Jordan, the new chairman, has over 25 years of experience in Canada and the Caribbean as a leader in the banking, […]
The One Caribbean Media (OCM) Group is describing its third quarter results as “credible” despite the COVID-19 mitigation measuresimposed in several of its operating markets including Barbados. According to the Barbados Stock Exchange-listed public company, revenue for the third quarter ending September 30 stood at US$11.48 million, which was down from the US$11.91 million for […]
The Caribbean is preparing to stage one of its largest tourism conventions, and it will be an in-person event, the first such regional conference since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in the first quarter of 2020. Barbados and the Caribbean have lost another stalwart in the hotel and tourism industry with the passing of the former […]
Barbados and the Caribbean have lost another stalwart in the hotel and tourism industry with the passing of the former General Manager of the Sandy Lane Hotel and former President of the Barbados Hotel Association (now Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association), Richard Williams. Williams was highly respected for his work in the luxury hotel industry […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a tremendous blow to the significant gains made by women in the workforce, and the Government has been battling to reverse it, Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Marsha Caddle has acknowledged.Caddle said while men’s unemployment was consistently higher than women over all four quarters of 2019, that changed […]
Trade unions representing LIAT workers across the Caribbean will meet virtually next week to examine an offer which hundreds of terminated employees of the Antigua-based airline have been given until yearend to accept. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) David Massiah said on Wednesday that during that Zoom meeting, each union will […]
by Marlon Madden Tourism officials are being warned that now is the time to “hunker down” and carry out a serious evaluation of the tourism industry and take a more strategic approach in understanding and better catering to travellers. Dr Sherma Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Tourism at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave […]
by Marlon Madden Local tourism officials are eager to see greater connection between the industry and that of tertiary learning institutions. In fact, Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII) Stuart Layne has expressed a need for that organisation to work closer with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill […]
Barbados-headquartered global fintech companies IPay Anywhere and Global Integrated Fintech Solutions (GIFTS), have announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the principals of Soleil Capitale Group, a Wall Street based investment banking firm. This was announced in a joint statement by Dave Sahadath, Chief Executive Officer of the GIFTS and IPay Anywhere Group and […]