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The introduction of a credit bureau may create a “shock” for both the banking system and consumers, a leading accountant believes, warning that it could result in many Bahamians becoming ineligible to borrow.
The Government is looking to re-position Bahamasair as a carrier that brings tourists this nation, a Cabinet Minister describing its plus-$500 million losses since creation as “unacceptable”.
Fresh from the listing of its first SMART Fund, the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) yesterday urged local financial services practitioners to drive clients to it, adding: “The business comes here and lists somewhere else.”
Site preparation and preliminary work is underway for the construction of Resorts World Bimini’s new marina hotel, the developer has announced. It has also mobilised personnel and equipment to support works for its new cruise pier.
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (the Commission) joined nine other regulators in Luxembourg last week to become a new signatory to the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU).
The Sandals Foundation collected 390 pounds of garbage in 39 bags, picked up by more than 49 volunteers, across New Providence and Great Exuma last Saturday during International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day 2013.
More than 200 Bahamians received financial certifications and designations at the Bahamas Institute of Financial Services (BIFS) 37th annual awards ceremony.
Abaco’s 87,000 stopover visitors in 2012 were down 22 per cent from their pre-recession high, a senior tourism official yesterday revealing that negotiations were being held with a major US carrier to provide jet service beyond Miami and help fuel a turnaround.
Despite first-half profits that were 30 per cent below expectations, Bahamas Waste yesterday said it anticipates a “much better” final six months of 2013 after the Government expanded its residential garbage routes.
The developers behind a $6 billion resort project are “a little bit closer” to kickstarting formal government analysis of their proposal , with confirmation of the necessary financing still awaited by the Christie administration.
A top accountant yesterday backed the Government’s plans to slash mandatory Value-Added Tax (VAT) registrants by 1,000 firms, telling Tribune Business this would help to “maximize” revenues from the new tax.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) last year dealt with 450 fraud complaints involving $4.5 million worth of assets, it was revealed yesterday, as it called upon Bahamians to stop viewing this as a “victimless crime”.
A leading accountant yesterday warned that if the uncertainty surrounding Value Added Tax (VAT) sparked a decrease in consumer spending, it might push the Bahamas back into recession.
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday reassured Abaconians that a completion date was “in sight” for the new Marsh Harbour International Airport, adding that his ministry had been unable to issue all the necessary project approvals due to technical concerns.
A leading Ministry of Finance consultant yesterday blasted the Nassau Institute’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) study as “one of the most extreme, ridiculous and exaggerated” reports he had ever seen.
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Ross University is set to close its Freeport-based medical school in early 2014, Tribune Business can reveal, dealing a fresh blow to Grand Bahama’s ailing economy just as several positive developments loom on the horizon.
A newly-formed Association is aiming to “double the food and beverage, and nightlife, economy in downtown Nassau” within two years, having set itself the goal of increasing cruise passenger spending in this area by 31 per cent come year-end 2014.
MIAMI, FL - The Government’s decision to enact stem cell legislation is proving to be a “game changer”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, telling this newspaper that two more US universities had expressed interest in developing medical facilities in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president yesterday shot down suggestions by one of his predecessors that a ‘three-year moratorium’ on new realtor licenses be imposed, branding it as “not in the best interests of the Bahamas”.
Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees yesterday won another chapter in their battle with Customs over the Hawksbill Creek Agreement by the score of ‘2-1’, a leading QC warning: ‘We will not let this rest.”
MIAMI, FL- THE Atlantis and One & Only Ocean Club resorts’ owner has presented the Government with a formal proposal for the properties to generate their own energy, a Cabinet Minister revealed yesterday, noting that high celectricity costs were making it “extremely difficult” for them to survive.
Island Outsourcers will this weekend host a job fair for more than 100 positions in their new call centre, which is set to begin operations in Grand Bahama in early November.
Entrepreneur Sarah Sams has joined Coldwell Banker Lightbourn Realty as a sales agent in Elbow Cay and Lubber’s Quarters, Abaco.
The Minister of Financial Services yesterday said that language and cultural exposure was a ‘significant gap’ for Bahamian financial services professionals, telling Tribune Business his ministry was working with the industry to fill human capital deficiencies.