Finance and Business
UPDATE: Layoffs looming at FirstBank Tortola branch!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online has been reliably informed by sources close to FirstBank (BVI) that the institution on Tortola has circulated a memo to its employees informing them of a pending cut in the workforce.
BOC Fashion Showdown, Choose it or Lose it! Back by popular demand– UMI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - UMI Fashions has announced the return of its long awaited and anticipated series of Funky Fashion Fridays: The Battle of the Corps (BOC) Fashion Showdown “Choose it or Lose it!” as they respond to popular demand.
AValue moves to beat economic hardships with early Xmas deals!
HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI – The cheers and goodwill associated with the festive season are already ripe and in full swing at all AValue stores throughout the territory as its management has gone to the extreme to ensure that the current economic hardship does not prevent residents from enjoying the season.
'Roam like you're home' a revolution for Digicel customers!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It is considered one of its biggest promotions as Digicel approaches the five year mark as a corporate citizen of the [British] Virgin Islands and it comes as an answer to cries for reduced costs on mobile roaming.
LIME BVI vows to use local talent & images wherever possible
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- "There are immensely talented persons in the Virgin Islands, I would dare to say probably some of the most talented in the region that I have met and to miss the chance to embrace and expose this talent would be reminisced of us," were the words of Managing Director of LIME BVI, Mr Sean Auguste.
NAGICO Donates Computer & Other Supplies To Isabella Morris Primary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - NAGICO Insurances has responded favourably to an urgent need for a desktop computer and other supplies at the company’s adopted school, Isabella Morris Primary in Carrot Bay.
More jobs to be lost as CIBC First Caribbean to downsize
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Less than a month after furor arose among staff of LIME BVI, yet another regional company with a branch in the Virgin Islands is reportedly looking to cut its workforce.
Jobs at risk in the VI more than ever- Meade Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “More now than ever before, planning your financial future and well-being is of vital importance with many jobs at risk and raises and promotions few and far between. You have to adopt a new way of thinking and being if you are going to achieve your financial goals.”
Better regulation needed in trade & consumer affairs - Commentators
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Citing complaints over the years by businesses such as retail stores and small business owners among others, commentators have called on government to take a stronger look at trade and consumer affairs within the territory.
Local artistes should get advance payment for Festival - Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident stated that he couldn’t understand why local artistes were still awaiting payment for performances during the Emancipation Festival even as overseas artistes were already paid in full.
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