The short-sightedness of our private sector umbrella organisations

A few days ago, the Executive Director of the Barbados Manufacturers Association (BMA) Bobbi McKay spoke with more than 250 Barbadians from the Diaspora who had returned to the island for a convention to support local manufacturers by acquiring their produce, using it and recommending those products to other friends and relatives residing abroad.

Barbados is a small island with a narrow manufacturing base though the BMA