Service providers urged to raise standards

Barbadian service providers will remain locked out of foreign markets unless they raise their standards at home, Minister of Energy, Business Development and Commerce Kerrie Symmonds has warned.

He spoke yesterday at the launch of the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries’ (BCSI) National Standards Development Project at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business & Management, UWI Cave Hill, St Michael.

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Addressing the opening of the workshop, Symmonds said Barbados could not expect to sell its services overseas without meeting the benchmarks other countries set.