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1 week ago | tribune242.com | Neil Hartnell

By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business [email protected] Trades Union Congress (TUC) president yesterday denied the governing party’s assertions that he was made a King’s Counsel (KC) as an agreed reward for signing their pre-election labour pact.

1 week ago | tribune242.com | Neil Hartnell

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor [email protected] A veteran trade unionist yesterday branded the threatened Labour Day boycott by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), its president and affiliates as “going to the extreme”, adding: “I totally disagree with it.” Dave Beckford, vice-president of the Bahamas General Workers Union (BGWU), told Tribune Business he “doesn’t understand the logic” behind the move by Obie Ferguson given all the labour-friendly developments that have...

1 week ago | tribune242.com | Neil Hartnell

By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business [email protected] Opposition’s (FNM) chairman has sounded the alarm over potential fee hikes in today’s Budget despite the pledge of no new or increased taxes being branded “huge” for business confidence.

1 week ago | tribune242.com | Neil Hartnell

By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business [email protected] realtors are seeking “a period of consistency” on real estate-related taxation in a bid to eliminate annual Budget “fluctuations” they fear unnerve both Bahamian and foreign investors.

1 week ago | tribune242.com | Neil Hartnell

By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business [email protected]’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday affirmed “our big ask” for tomorrow’s Budget is “full access” to available tax and other incentives, adding: “It will make a hell of a difference”.