By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees have been advised that the new 1 per cent Customs administrative processing fee and Environmental Levy breach the Hawksbill Creek Agreement (HCA) and should be challenged in the courts. But Tribune Business can also reveal that attorneys have warned them not to […]

TEHRAN (AFP) –  President Hassan Rowhani appears to be keeping campaign pledges of broader domestic freedoms, a week before heading for New York as he seeks to rebuild Iran’s tarnished international image. A moderate by Iran’s political standards, the mid-ranking cleric won a surprise victory in the Islamic republic’s June presidential election. He campaigned on […]

President Hasan Rowhani appears to be keeping campaign pledges of broader domestic freedoms, a week before heading for New York as he seeks to rebuild Iran’s tarnished international image. A moderate by Iran’s political standards, the mid-ranking cleric won a surprise victory in the Islamic republic’s June presidential election. He campaigned on relaxing social and […]

YORKSHIRE’s future prosperity rests on support services and the professions as manufacturing and financial services, the region’s traditional engines of jobs growth, dwindle over the decade, an influential economics consultancy has predicted. The research by Capital Economics, carried out for the Yorkshire Post, highlights the difficulties in successful rebalancing of the region’s economic base. It […]