The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has yielded to governments quest to reduce electricity tariffs against calls by the utility companies and civil society to increase tariffs. According to a statement, issued by the PURC and published on their website, the current review is as result of reductions in key...
Guinness Ghana Limited has launched a new consumer promotion that will give Ghanaians a chance to win plots of land in Appolonia City, one of the prestigious developing areas around Accra. By thIS gesture, the company believes it is helping promo winners to “have a piece of Ghana” on the...
BEIGE Care, a subsidiary of BEIGE - a Financial Services Provider with business interests in Banking, Pensions, Insurance and Investments - has launched a private health insurance product called ‘Hewale’. Managing Director of BEIGE Care, David Osae-Akoto, speaking at the launch in Accra said: “We thought it wise to extend...
  A classical music event, dubbed, “Music 4 Youth Ghana,” has been scheduled to come off on 5th of May, 2018.The event organisers aim to create awareness for the Nneka Youth Foundation and the Music Therapy Association of Ghana. According Mrs. Veronica Bain-Derby, Management Consultant for ABAR Consult Ltd. and a...
West Hills Mall has once again dipped into its chest of surprises as Management announced yesterday that the high-point of the Mall’s Independence day celebrations would be a modish, free car washing episode for shoppers and patrons. In an interesting partnership with Coca Cola’s Monster Energy, cars of shoppers and...
There seems to some way out of the recent spate of robberies apparently fueled by the presence of cash according to Alhassan Andani, CE of Stanbic Bank Ghana who says going cash lite may be a way out of the difficulty. According to the President of the Ghana Association of...
Stanbic bank has engaged 65 key stakeholders at a breakfast meeting dubbed ‘Achiever Series’ in Accra. The quarterly breakfast meeting is aimed at bringing together captains of industry to dialogue on the bank’s relationship, their products and how to improve systems and services offered their employees. Manager of the Achiever and...
More businesses apply for free stamping 3-month grace period ongoing The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is determined to ensure the newly-introduced Excise Tax Stamp regime works, as it seeks to block tax leakages and shore-up government revenue. “Mostly, taxes on tobacco and beverages are not paid properly;...
Regulator cries it has no power to prosecute defaulters Most private sector employers are yet to comply with provisions of the Tier-2 pension scheme, which mandates companies to contribute 5 percent into a privately managed pension scheme. Out of 51,466 private establishments/companies active under the Social Security and National...
The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has said the concession granted IBISTEK Ghana Limited to develop and operate an on-dock container and multi-purpose terminal project at Port Takoradi followed due process. The authority said this in a document sighted by the B&FT after our publication in the Friday, March 2, 2018,...