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Business Guardian

Start-up out to shake up e-commerce

Paying for an online purchase by cash may seem a difficult prop­osition to grasp, but it’s not.

Software company, WiPay Financial Ltd, offers a cash payment platform to both en­trepreneurs as well as consumers that allows them to conduct transactions online using cash.

Located on Ariapita Drive in Woodbrook, the company currently employs 12...

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NGC profits plunge
Thursday, January 6, 2011

After a record $9 billion in profits in 2008, the National Gas Company secured $1.7 billion in profits in 2009. Despite posting a profit, the company’s sales declined by $8.5 billion and its gross profit declined by almost $5 billion in 2009.
US$400m CariSal project on for 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011

After three years on the drawing board, the CariSal plant will be built this year.
Employees need to work harder
Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Government’s legislated minimum wage of $12.50 an hour took effect from January 1. Last September, during the budget debate, Labour Minister Errol McLeod announced that the minimum wage would be raised from $9 to $12.50 an hour or $100 a day.
SEBA head: Give us more of the pie
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Jonathan Adams, president of the Small Enterprising Business Association (SEBA), is hoping that the Government projects in 2011 will give the sector a much-needed boost after a tough 2010.
Chamber to Govt: Deal with crime, Clico
Thursday, January 6, 2011

After experiencing a very challenging 2010, the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce says crime and the payout to Clico policyholders are the major issues it would like the Government to address urgently in the new year.
Cadiz: New incentives for exporters
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Trade and Industry Minister Stephen Cadiz said one of his ministry’s 2011 plans is to change the duty waiver on imports of raw materials from an annual approval to a five-year period.
Addressing White Collar Crime
Thursday, December 30, 2010

This is the time to reflect on the changes we have witnessed in the last year and the several challenges arising from those. This column will attempt to combine the Property Matters concerns with the ongoing examination of the CL Financial fiasco.
 
Businesses look to 2011 for economic boost
Thursday, December 30, 2010

The cost of doing business in T&T is still too high. This was the main sentiment expressed by a wide cross-section of the business community during a series of interviews with the Business Guardian.
Construction sector’s 2010 woes
Thursday, December 30, 2010

The year 2010 was one of crisis for the construction industry. Between October 2009 to March 2010, almost 12,000 jobs in the sector were lost.
Amazing scenes
Thursday, December 2, 2010

The new situation is charged with peril and one is reminded of Naipaul’s father, the intrepid journalist from A House for Mr Biswas whose favourite tagline was “amazing scenes were witnessed.” Finance Minister, Winston Dookeran, addressed Parliament on the Finance Bill (No 2) 2010 on...

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