Export Services

Barbados' development of a strong export services industry is critical to its economic growth and has a number of long term benefits including: the generation of new employment opportunities, the encouragement of entrepreneurship, and increased foreign exchange earnings. Most business services can be exported - especially those highly innovative, specialized, or technologically advanced services that are efficiently performed domestically. The following sectors have particularly high export potential: Business Development, Creative Industrie, Construction, Education, Health and Wellnes, ICT/Communications

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Barbados – The Cultural Capital of the Caribbean by 2020

“The reality is that Barbados offers a great cultural mix which, along with many other supporting factors, make this island a prime candidate for being the ‘go to place’ for high quality, cultural entertainment.”

Students at The University of the West Indies

Innovating Barbados Business Services to Serve Global Markets

Barbados is a premier world-class lifestyle destination with a very high quality of life rating. It now wants to be The # 1 Entrepreneurship Hub in the World by 2020. This vision of the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation is shared by …

Lenstec Barbados

The Barbados Biosciences Initiative: Creating a Centre of Excellence

“there has been considerable bioscience activity in Barbados, ranging from medical devices like intra-ocular lens manufacture, through research in identifying medicinal properties from the biodiversity in Barbados”

Holders Season

In Any Event, Choose Barbados

It’s hard to think about Barbados without being sidetracked by the captivating scenery of Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and powdery white sand beaches, amalgamated with year-round summer skies. Once you have become accustomed to the natural beauty that is Barbados, …

John Webster

The Arts Directory Barbados

How often has the question arisen as to why as yet we haven’t an accessible and comprehensive directory of visual artists in Barbados? And how frequently has this sparked the response of how long overdue it is and how it’s …

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Rihanna Back On The Rock

Much excitement and anticipation has been stirring on the island of Barbados recently since the announcement of Rihanna’s big homecoming concert scheduled for August 5th at the Kensington Oval. But is the event really being held as a night of …

Optimising Your Promotional Strategy: Data is your friend

You’ve completed the marketing budget; you’ve justified the cost of each promotional tactic; it’s execution time! In a perfect world all would go according to plan and you would generate numerous high quality leads that turn into large sales. Unfortunately, …

Sustainability And The Visual Arts

Is living and working in the Caribbean as a contemporary visual artist a viable aspiration?  How is it possible to maintain the integrity of your practice while being economically viable?  Although not unfeasible, it’s quite an accomplishment if you can. …

Health Facilities in Barbados

Barbados Has A Well-Developed Health Care Infrastructure

The Caribbean continues to hold pride of place as a tropical paradise for the pursuit of an enjoyable lifestyle and good health. George Washington was privy to this knowledge when he visited the island at age 19 with his half-brother …

Cave Hill Students

National Emphasis On Quality Education At All Levels

By Dr. Jeannine Comma & Tara Gaskin, Cave Hill School of Business The case for Barbados as the premier destination of choice for investors can be made on a number of factors. This article however, seeks to look specifically at …

Threads Of Scarlet

Creative Investment In Barbados

Let us begin with the premise that the creative industry sector, which was worth US$424.4.billion in 2005 globally and which has an average annual growth rate of 8.7%, also represents an area of potential growth for Barbados. The question is …

Tonya Wiles and Ebony Patterson (Jamaica/USA) Wrestling with the Image, - - (Photographer – Nadia Huggins)

Globalisation And The Caribbean Artist

This article looks at the practice of contemporary art from the Caribbean with a focus on the current trajectory of  work by Barbadian artists in a wider arena. When considering the Caribbean, I think not only of the archipelago situated …

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