Tag: Cayman Islands Small Business Association
Ten unnamed small businesses get public cash
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Small Business Association has handed out ten grants to local micro and small commercial operations of up to $5,000 as part of its partnership with government. The businesses involved have not been identified, though a spokesperson for the CISBA said that four of them are start-ups, five existing operations that are […]
Airport bid ruled out small business, says CISBA
(CNS): The president of the Cayman Islands Small Business Association (CISBA) says the arduous and costly process to bid on concessions at the renovated Owen Roberts International Airport excluded small businesses before they even tried. Dawn McLean-Brady told CNS that the process required reams of paperwork to be completed and professional assistance to do it, […]
WORC begins talks with business groups
(CNS): The new unit tasked with solving the persistent problems of Caymanian unemployment, underemployment and stalled career progression has begun meeting with local business associations about its development. Last week representatives of the Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) met with industry stakeholders, whose members will be critical to the new agency’s success. Interim Director Sharon […]
Business licence regime faces overhaul
(CNS): The local trade and business licensing regime is set to undergo another review in a bid to introduce tiered fees reflecting the size of businesses, more support for small businesses and to cut red tape. Premier Alden McLaughlin told an audience of local Chamber of Commerce members last week that his government would be […]
Small Business Association ready to lobby government
(CNS Business): Having finally, after seven years, obtained ‘non-profit organisation’ status, the Cayman Islands Small Business Association (CISBA) is now ready to re-energise its membership and to lobby government on behalf of small and micro businesses and the 17,000 or so people they employ. Among the items on its agenda is to advocate for tiered work […]
