First COVID19, now volcano ash threatens businesses
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By Kareem Smith
As if three consecutive months of COVID-19 shutdowns weren’t bad enough, the outlook for business has become even more bleak as uncertainty looms following numerous violent eruptions at the La Soufriére Volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
President of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) Edward Clarke noted that while the eruption impact may seem relatively minor, it is unfolding as scores of businesses are preparing to re-open, some for the first time after months of dormancy.
The vast majority of this country’s non-essential enterprises remained close after the weekend as Barbadians embarked upon a massive clean-up of dense ash that has been raining down for the last 72-hours.