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Architects to be registered under proposed legislation

Architects to be registered under proposed legislation

| 29/08/2014 | 1 Comment

(CNS Business): Proposal legislation would require architects and engineers in the Cayman Islands to be registered, and they would also then be required, for the first time in this jurisdiction, to have professional indemnity insurance. Currently this is not mandatory as it is in other places, such as the UK and the US. This would […]

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CEC: Campus ‘soon come’

CEC: Campus ‘soon come’

| 29/08/2014 | 1 Comment

(CNS Business): The development of the Cayman Enterprise City campus will be underway before the end of 2014, the management team told CNS Business Wednesday. Despite the numerous false starts for the project to find the right location at the right price, Charlie Kirkconnell, the CEO of the special economic zone, said CEC is committed […]

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Employment agency looks for accountability from job hunters

Employment agency looks for accountability from job hunters

| 23/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Job seekers registered with the NWDA who appear to have trouble holding down a job will now be accountable and employers will be required to say why they did or did not hire an applicant sent to them by the National Workforce Development Agency, according to Employment Minister Tara Rivers. The NWDA is […]

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Diving computers changed the industry

Diving computers changed the industry

| 18/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The introduction of diving computers to the industry brought safety challenges for working divemasters, says Cornell Burke, who worked in the dive industry on Cayman Brac for 24 years as dive manager of Brac Aquatics, starting in the early 1980’s. He said that while it enabled divers to stay longer, sometimes they would turn […]

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Government seeking holistic approach to job seekers

Government seeking holistic approach to job seekers

| 17/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): The National Workforce Development Agency is looking to partner with other agencies for those clients looking for work who have needs above and beyond what the NWDA can offer, according to the Employment Minister Tara Rivers. For example, they will be working with the Department of Children and Family Services for those clients […]

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Blencathra to apologise to House of Lords

Blencathra to apologise to House of Lords

| 14/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): The former director of the Cayman Island’s London office, Lord Blencathra, was found to have broken the rules by lobbying Parliament and MPs by the Commissioner for Standards in the UK’s House of Lords and has been ordered to apologise to the House for the inclusion in the first contract he signed with the Cayman Islands […]

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Harris takes tourism reins

Harris takes tourism reins

| 13/07/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Government officials have revealed that industry veteran Rosa Harris has been formally appointed as the director of tourism after seven-and-a-half years at the department and some 14 years in the sector. A Caymanian from George Town, Harris who is a graduate of Ivy League school Cornell University with an MBA from Manchester University, […]

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