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Navigating the rules of engagement when trading with other countries was the focus of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) most recent Accelerate to Export Symposium. Staged in association with Export Barbados and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) at the Courtyard by Marriott, the symposium targeted creatives involved in beauty, spa and wellness, the home and accents segment, as well

The path to export has been made much clearer for participants in the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) highly informative Accelerate to Export Symposium 2022 for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the creative sector. Staged by the NCF’s Business Development Department at the Courtyard by Marriott late last year, the event targeted artisans in three burgeoning sectors of beauty, spa and

Export Barbados (BIDC) and Alveo Technologies, Inc., a California-based company specialising in molecular sensing and diagnostics, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-develop Alveo’s novel molecular sensing platform while contributing to the development of Barbados’ life sciences industry. Export Barbados (BIDC) has responsibility for advancing the life sciences industry of Barbados, which it sees as the next frontier for

By Sheria Brathwaite The lack of funding and expansion have been the main drivers in the underdevelopment of the breadfruit industry. However, one businessman has plans to transform the sector and introduce state-of-the-art facilities, which would give the local “poor man’s food” added value. Once everything goes according to plan, Barbados would have the capacity to export specialty cuts and various products

The collaboration supports the emergence of Barbados as a life sciences hub in the Caribbean and accelerates Alveo’s be.well platform adoption in new and adjacent markets, the firm said.

Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Association (SBA) Dr Lynette Holder is questioning the Government’s delay in establishing the long-promised collateral registry that is intended to improve the access of small business operators to loans.At the same time, she is renewing her call for the Government to put aside a specific percentage of its procurement for small business operators.Among the Government’s promised suite of policy and legislative initiatives intended to create a bett...

Digital scanning specialist Abergower is looking to expand throughout the Caribbean following a successful Scottish trade mission to Barbados.

Chief Executive Officer of Export Barbados, Mark Hill, says more private sector-driven initiatives like the Kloth Lifestyle Holiday Pop-Up Shop and Expo are needed to encourage entrepreneurship. He was speaking at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Two Mile Hill, St Michael yesterday where about 120 booths displayed jewellery, pastries and clothing. “. . . What Kloth is providing is that expo service and sometimes we think that Government has …

Barbados stands to benefit from Cuban expertise in the treatment of diabetes. This development comes following extensive discussions on a range of issues between Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel at

Barbados and Cuba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will pave the way for cooperation between the two Caribbean nations in areas of health and pharmaceuticals. The signing, which took place at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterday by representatives of Export Barbados and Cuban company BioCuba Farma, was witnessed by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel who is here on a State Visit, Minister …