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RUBIS Sponsors Antique Auto Show
RUBIS Sponsors Antique Auto Show
The Antique Auto Club of The Bahamas’ 32nd Annual Antique Auto Show will take place on Saturday March 23rd, 2019 from 12noon to 6pm at The Arawak Cay Cultural Centre...
Auto sector fears rise over false invoicing
Auto sector fears rise over false invoicing
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
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CONCERNS are growing in the Bahamian automotive industry about some car dealers who are allegedly offering imported vehicles at what are considered by many to be impossibly reduced prices.
Ben Albury of Bahamas Bus and Truck, and Fred Albury of Executive Motors, both told Tribune Business they believe some car dealers may be submitting f...
A Canadian man invented a wheel that can make cars move sideways
The age of parallel parking may soon be over thanks to a literal reinvention of the wheel by Canadian man William Liddiard.
AID would take 'nuisance' of curbside over closure any day
Although they described it as "tedious" and a "nuisance", the heads of AID said yesterday they would take curbside over being closed indefinitely any day. Harold Watson, chairman of one of the country's largest automotive and home goods chain of stores, and Jason Watson, the company's president, spoke yesterday to the challenges of condensing a ...The post AID would take 'nuisance' of curbside ove...
AID TARGETS 70 PER CENT OF PRE-FIRE SALES BY NOVEMBER
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
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AUTOMOTIVE Industrial Distributors (AID) said yesterday that by November it expects sales to be back to about 70 per cent of their pre-fire mark, operations manager Jason Watson adding that the company was looking to hire additional staff at its Mall at Marathon location for the Christmas season.
"Hopefully by November we...
Angela Sands Is 2020 CBC Carleton Williams Scholarship Winner
Each year, the Caribbean Bottling Company’s (CBC) Carleton Williams Scholarship Committee has the extremely difficult task of choosing just one recipient. And, each year, the review and interview process seems more challenging than the last...
The year of the raging fires
The year of the raging fires
The year 2011 was marked by several significant fires, some of which claimed lives.
Though it did not cause any deaths, the Valentine's Day fire on Bay Street caused millions of dollars in damage.
That blaze destroyed Betty K Agency Ltd., The Bacardi Store, Venue Clothing Store and Botani Bash.
The fire, which started at Betty K, raged for more than six hours and affected an entire block of buildi...
Shoppers flock to auto parts stores as restrictions eased
Following Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis’ green light for the reopening of some businesses this week, despite the threat of the COVID-19 outbreak, shoppers flocked to auto parts stores yesterday...
Auto part dealers seeking to strike a balance with lockdown and commerce
As shuttered businesses throughout the country seek ways to continue servicing customers amid COVID-19 lockdown measures, one company seeking approval from the government to operate under a new model is being met with resistance. Dwayne Higgs, general manager of Whim Automotive, said he closed his [...]
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BTVI Auto Graduate Follows His Passion
BTVI Auto Graduate Follows His Passion
After two years of studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of The Bahamas (UB), Jahlil Johnson decided to shift his approach to his dream career, and enrolled at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI)...