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The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has a new president. Anthony Branker, an experienced businessman with a wealth of knowledge in the retail and distributive sectors, was elected to lead the organisation during the BCCI’s virtual annual general meeting Monday. He once served as senior vice president. Brancker is currently an assistant vice president with Massy Distribution Barbados Ltd responsible for the Health & Beauty Division, the Shipping …
BCCI joins efforts to aid St Vincent
Article by April 24, 2021
The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has joined its regional counterparts to rally its membership and provide much-needed assistance to St. Vincent & The Grenadines (St Vincent) in its time of need as the country reels from the devastating impact of ongoing eruptions of the La Soufrière Volcano.
Since news broke of the volcanic eruption on Friday, April 9, the BCCI has been actively working in close coordination with local authorities in Barbados, as well as the regional network of Chambers of Commerce to support the St Vincent emergency response. Through its mobilisation efforts, BCCI members have donated money, as well as supplies including over 3000 cases of water, and emergency equipment.
April 17, 2021
After more than 60 years, the Chamber of Commerce’s duty-free facility at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA), no longer considered a viable business, has “permanently” closed shop at the end of last month, the business association said Friday.
From the start of April, the Customs and Excise Department had assumed full responsibilities for the airport’s duty-free services, the chamber said in a statement.
A duty-free facility opened at the then Seawell Airport in 1959 with the passage of the 1958 Drawback of Duties on Sales of Goods to Tourists Regulations.
The facility provided services to local duty-free retailers on behalf of the Customs and Excise Department, specifically the handling of duty-free packages purchased by travellers, as well as the processing of volumes of third schedules (triplicate invoices) under the drawback regulations scheme.
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Message in recognition of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2021, from the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BBCI)
Bridgetown – The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) joins the global community in challenging inequity and stereotypes in the workplace.
The challenge to businesses across all sectors to continuously strive for gender equity was issued by BCCI executive director, Misha Lobban-Clarke in recognition of International Women’s Day 2021.
“As we celebrate our achievements and strides, we also acknowledge that ‘an equal world is an enabled world’. We therefore challenge our collective efforts to bolster gender equality in all spheres in the interest of building and sustaining a more harmonised workplace, community and society,” Lobban-Clarke stated.