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Harbour View, St Michael, continues to be a bumpy ride and big bother for haulers despite paving in the area six months ago. The one-way road is used by haulers and freighters as they travel to Shed 4 of the Bridgetown Port. In January, they expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the road, which was dotted with deep potholes, large enough to give even the heavy-duty trucks passing over them …
A group of BICO mobile operators will be meeting with management on Tuesday in the hopes of ending an impasse between the two parties. Bico has indicated it will increase the electricity fee or plug-in cost from $38 to $68 per week, but the independent contractors are adamant they will not pay the increase. They will meet with executive chairman of BICO, Edwin Thirlwell. “We are awaiting the meeting on …
BICO, the oldest ice cream manufacturer in Barbados, will be faced with protest action on Thursday morning as the mobile sales team continues to object to recent changes to the fee structure.A number of full-time and part-time mobile ice cream retail vendors are protesting management’s move to impose what they describe as steep increases in various fees including electricity charges to offset hikes by the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P).Some of the ice cream mobilers, as they are called, decided to embark on protest action following what they described as an unsuccessful meetin...
The continuing business downturn influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused BICO Limited to record a “modest” loss of $68 727 says executive chairman Edwin Thirlwell. However, in the manufacturer’s executive summary for the six months ended March 31, 2021, he was upbeat about the future. “The unaudited results for the first half of the current financial year continue to be impacted by ongoing tourist travel restrictions. The modest loss …