The Small Business Association of Barbados recently held its first State of the Sector conference during Small Business Week 2019. The conference delved into issues affecting the local Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector and possible solutions that would assist in positioning the sector for growth and sustainability.
The Small Business Association continues to maintain a high success rate as a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) centre. Testament to this is the recently concluded Accounting for Small Business Level 3 NVQ, where the centre hosted twelve aspiring candidates seeking to broaden their educational horizons and expand their skill set for the world of work.
The Small Business Association, recently hosted a regional workshop in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency, with funding provided by the European Union, on the theme “Leveraging the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement.”
The Small Business Association (SBA) recently held its Networking Session at the Savannah Beach Hotel. At this highly anticipated event, over one hundred members and guests were given the opportunity to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs to build strong corporate networks within the MSME Sector.
In light of Government’s decision to amend the Value Added Tax Act to allow for the 17.5 percent tax to be collected for online transactions from May 1st 2019, the Small Business Association (SBA) held an information session for small business owners to allow for clarity on how the tax would be implemented and who it would affect.
