Local Business
Kirkconnell: tourism benefits must trickle down
(CNS Business): If the effects of record breaking statistics for tourism in the Cayman Islands are not trickling down to small business owners and the people who work in the industry “then we are merely skirting round the edges of opportunity and our efforts are seriously missing the mark,†Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell told the […]
Local movie may show Cayman in new spotlight
(CNS Business): A short film written, directed and produced by an entirely local team which opened in Grand Cayman last weekend shows that movies shot here don’t have to be about money laundering or pirates. Although The Devil you Know film is shot almost entirely in Cayman, the location is unrelated to the story and […]
$1,000 fines for health insurance offences
(CNS Business): Starting next month, the Health Insurance Commission will have the power to impose fines up to $1,000 for both employers and insurance companies for infractions of the health insurance law, though the accused person or company can still opt to take the matter to court instead of paying the fines and they will end up […]
Still time for input on Sunday trading
(CNS Business): The public has two more weeks to give input on whether or not the Cayman Islands should revise its Sunday trading laws. Commerce Minister Wayne Panton has said he wants to modernize the law and make it more appropriate for the current business environment. The goal, he has said, is to revise the […]
Public consulted on daylight savings
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Government is considering whether it would be beneficial to adopt Daylight Savings Time (DST) – the practice of adjusting clocks one hour forward during the longer summer months, and back again in the fall – and is inviting the public to give their views on the subject by the end […]
Tourism apprenticeship programme final graduation
(CNS Business): With the establishment of the School of Hospitality Studies (SHS), the Tourism Apprenticeship Training Programme (TATP) run by the Department of Tourism is being discontinued and so the recent graduation service recognising the last six apprentices who completed the programme was the final one. The TATP, which began in 2006, was designed to […]
Junior Achievement alumna joins JA Board
(CNS Business): Kristina Buckeridge has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the local Junior Achievement. She said she first gained an interest in business, and in particular marketing, during her time in the JA Company Programme, in which high school students learn valuable business skills by forming and running their own company, guided […]
Students interns meet potential employers
(CNS Business): Fifteen private sector businesses, one non-profit organisation and 24 government entities took part in the Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) Fair, where students had the opportunity to meet with prospective employers for the Year 12 internship programme. Unpaid internships, whether in the public or private sectors, are an integral part of the CIFEC […]
First Caymanian doctor hired at Health City
(CNS Business): A former head girl at John Gray High School is the first Caymanian physician to work at Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI). The private hospital which, it is hoped, will launch medical tourism as the third leg of the Cayman economy, opened its doors in February this year and Dr Irka Lashany Ebanks […]
PPM announces electoral reform for 2017
(CNS Business): When voters in the Cayman Islands go to the polls in 2017 all of them will have just one vote, as the ruling Progressives party has now committed to ‘one man, one vote’Â in single member constituencies, as was promised in their 2013 election campaign. Currently voters in four of the six districts […]
WestStar and Cayman 27 sold to Logic
(CNS Business): Cable TV provider WestStar and its TV station Cayman 27 have been bought out by Bermuda-based KeyTech, the parent company of Logic. In an announcement Wednesday, the KeyTech Group of Companies revealed that its subsidiary, WestTel Limited (Logic Cayman) has acquired the Cayman-based company, British Overseas Territory Cable & Telecommunications (BOTCAT), financed through […]
Science takes centre stage at Captive Forum
(CNS Business): Japanese-American theoretical physicist and best-selling author Michio Kaku is confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2014 Cayman Captive Forum. One of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today, Kaku, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York, is a futurist, and a […]
Young Caymanians join Cayman’s marketing industry
(CNS Business): Local marketing and communications firm Tower has recruited two of its past summer interns, Ileana Ebanks and Miriam Mascal, as full time employees, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to the training and employment of young Caymanians in the industry. MD Lynne Byles said that recruiting, developing and training the best young Caymanian talent is […]
Chamber seeks update on revitalization of capital
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce has asked Planning Minister Kurt Tibbetts for an update on the progress with his ministry’s plan to revitalize George Town. In a letter dated 25 August, the Chamber Council noted that construction started last week on a board walk near the public fish market in George Town, which was one […]
T&B licence fees reduced for small-businesses
(CNS Business): Micro-business owners across all three Cayman Islands can apply for a 100% reduction in trade and business licensing fees for the 2014/2015 year and the cost of licensing fees will be significantly reduced for small-business owners, as part of the government’s commerce incentives for the current fiscal year. Announced during the 2014 Budget […]
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