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February 04, 2024
Business Booming for Creatives

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Orange Economy, known as the sector for creatives, boomed last year with lots of opportunities associated with the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations.

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February 02, 2024
INEXCUSABLE: Opposition says government moving backward on ease of doing business

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Opposition has slammed the failure at the Department of Inland Revenue to process business license applications as inexcusable and unacceptable, noting, "We seem to be moving backward." East Grand Bahama MP and Opposition Shadow Finance Minister Kwasi Thompson said in a statement: "There is no excuse for the failures at Inland [...]

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January 31, 2024
Frustrations mount over business license delays

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A number of business owners expressing frustration today as they say The Department of Inland Revenue has failed to renew their business licenses in a timely fashion. Some business owners told Eyewitness News that the department's system has been down for days, leaving many wondering if they'll be charged late fees as [...]

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January 31, 2024
Davis calls on businesses to join programme using CCTVS with facial recognition technology

PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis wants businesses to call the Ministry of National Security and join a programme involving use of facial recognition CCTVs.

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January 29, 2024
Sixteen business owners receive SBDC grants for electric vehicle purchases

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Sixteen business owners have received funding from the Small Business Development Center's (SBDC) Electric Mobility Standalone Grant Program to assist with the purchase of electric vehicles. The SBDC, in collaboration with Easy Car Sales and the One Eleuthera Foundation, awarded the small business owners with $10,000 at the SBDC Head Office on Gladstone Road [...]

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January 26, 2024
A helping hand as business teams with Urban Renewal

A BREAKFAST initiative was held yesterday by the Lakay Lounge in conjunction with the Nassau Village Urban Renewal Centre.

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January 25, 2024
Businesses under pressure to boost safety amid rising violent crime

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Businesses are experiencing increased pressure to keep their staff and establishments safe amid the surge in violent crime, particularly in the capital, according to the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) chairman Timothy Ingraham. "This has meant increased costs through the installation of passive security equipment, such as cameras and [...]

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January 24, 2024
Ease of doing business 'considerably eroded' amid Inland Revenue portal challenges accountant warns

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Recent updates to the Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) portal have led to significant disruptions, causing frustration and raising substantial concerns within the business community according to Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) President Pretino Albury. In response to Eyewitness News via email, Albury expressed that the challenges are "especially distressing,...

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January 23, 2024
Best Business of The Year Awarded to Bahamas Striping Group

Singled out as the most impressive business of 2023, The Bahamas Striping Group of Companies (BSGC) has won the first Jones Communications Network (JCN) "Business of the Year Civil Society award." Simultaneously, Sir Franklyn Wilson won the 23rd annual JCN “Person of the Year” award.

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January 22, 2024
Bahamas Striping Named JCN Business of The Year

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Bahamas Striping Group of Companies receiving their flowers from the Jones Communications Network.

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