Tribune Business Articles 2014

1. Small business development (Archive Article)

   

   Small business development

   www.thenassauguardian.com

   Dear Editor,   After my organization hosted the first Small Business Summit in 2009, it was evident that The Bahamas needed a national strategic plan for the development of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).  However, our count...

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   August 18

   Two-phase implementation for small business reform (Archive Story)

   

   Two-phase implementation for small business reform

   www.tribune242.com

   The long-awaited Small Business Development Bill will be passed into law early in the New Year, a well-known consultant said yesterday, with the organisation key to its on-ground implementation established by mid-2014.

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   August 18

   Gov't urged: Push small business over VAT limit (Archive Story)

   

   Gov't urged: Push small business over VAT limit

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   THE Government was yesterday urged to help push small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) over the threshold that would force them to register to pay Value-Added Tax, a leading consultant telling this newspaper that failing to do this would...

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   August 18

   
   Gov't urged: 'Get 10,000 non-VAT payers over $100k' (Archive Story)

   

   Gov't urged: 'Get 10,000 non-VAT payers over $100k'

   www.tribune242.com

   By NEIL HARTNELL

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   August 18

   Ninety per cent of small firms to 'forego' new finance market (Archive Story)

   

   Ninety per cent of small firmsto 'forego' new finance market

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   Ninety per cent of Bahamian small and medium-sized businesses will likely miss out on the financing opportunities offered by BISX’s proposed commercial paper market due to “indiscipline”, a leading consultant warned yesterday.

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   August 18

   BUSINESS COMMUNITY 'LACKS MIDDLE CLASS' |(Archive Story)

   

   BUSINESS COMMUNITY 'LACKS MIDDLE CLASS' | Bahamas Local News

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   By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A 'NATIONAL SMALL and Medium-Sized Enterprise Funding Scheme' was yesterday touted as the only way to finance a viable...

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   August 18

   Gov't, Central Bank urged to overseas financing restraints (Archive Story)

   

   Gov't, Central Bank urged to overseas financing restraints

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   The Bahamian authorities have been urged to relax legal and regulatory constraints to provide small businesses with “vital” access to international capital, a leading consultant telling Tribune Business the sector was currently “in ruins”.

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   August 18

   BUSINESS COMMUNITY 'LACKS MIDDLE CLASS' | (Archive Story)

   

   BUSINESS COMMUNITY 'LACKS MIDDLE CLASS' | Bahamas Local News

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   By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A 'NATIONAL SMALL and Medium-Sized Enterprise Funding Scheme' was yesterday touted as the only way to finance a viable...

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   August 18

   Consultant calls for six-month VAT 'pilot' (Archive Story)

   

   Consultant calls for six-month VAT 'pilot'

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   THE Government should implement an “across the board” Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate of 10 per cent, a leading small business consultant suggesting the tax be implemented via a six-month pilot programme beginning in January 2015.

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    August 18

    Entrepreneurship crime war's 'missing element' (Archive Story)

    

    Entrepreneurship crime war's 'missing element'

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    A well-known consultant yesterday said his planned Entrepreneurship programme is the “missing element” in the crime war, as he aims to graduate 200 ex-offenders to become business owners within six months.

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    August 18

    Research the 'beginning of the end' for small business framework (Archive Story)

    

    Research the 'beginning of the end' for small business framework

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    We, a group of local consultants, are finalising a small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) needs analysis survey in New Providence.

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    August 18

    BEC power snafus 'past frustrating' (Archive Story)

    

    BEC power snafus 'past frustrating'

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    The private sector is calling for greater consistency from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) in its electricity supply and alternative forms of energy in the wake of last weeks island wide blackout, with one business owner calling the situation...

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    August 18

    'Light at tunnel's end'on Small Business Act (Archive Story)

    

    'Light at tunnel's end'on Small Business Act

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    Appointing an eight-member private sector committee to drive the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Bill forward has created “some light at the end of the tunnel”, a well-known consultant yesterday revealing that 75 per cent of...

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    August 18

    Gov't urged: 'Don't lose eyes on small business present' (Archive Story)

    

    Gov't urged: 'Don't lose eyes on small business present'

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    The Government was yesterday urged “not to lose eyes for the prize” in reinvigorating the Bahamian small and medium-sized business sector, a well-known consultant disclosing that long-awaited reforms were likely to be implemented in the New...

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    August 18

    Gov't uged to 'expedite' decision on final VAT rate (Archive Story)

    

    Gov't uged to 'expedite' decision on final VAT rate

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    A leading small business consultant has urged the government to ‘expedite’ its decision on a definitive Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate.

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    August 18

    Entrepreneurship crime war's 'missing element' (Archive Story)

    

    Entrepreneurship crime war's 'missing element'

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    A well-known consultant yesterday said his planned Entrepreneurship programme is the “missing element” in the crime war, as he aims to graduate 200 ex-offenders to become business owners within six months.

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    August 18

    Small businesses seek 3-year VAT bedding in (Archive Story)

    

    Small businesses seek 3-year VAT bedding in

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    Bahamian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) want “fair play” and a “consistent” three year Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation strategy, a leading consultant said yesterday, citing a potential fall-off in consumer spending as a primary...

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    August 18

    Small business 'under 5% ready' to handle VAT(Archive Story)

    

    Small business 'under 5% ready' to handle VAT

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    Bahamian small businesses are “under 5 per cent ready” to handle Value-Added Tax (VAT) from an accounting perspective, a leading sector consultant warned yesterday, adding his voice to calls for an implementation date push back.

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