Full service communications agency The Counsellors Ltd. has announced plans for the 12th Annual Bahamas Business Outlook, scheduled to be held on January 13, 2003 at the Radisson Cable Beach Resort.

The Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister, will give the Opening Address and the Hon. James H. Smith, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, will address participants on the Outlook for the Bahamas Economy.

Other Guest Speakers include Sir K. Dwight Venner, Governor, East Caribbean Central Bank; Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Director General of Tourism; Dr Robin Roberts; Reginald Lobosky, Attorney-at-Law; Dennis MacKinnon, Principal, St Andrew’s School; Franklyn R. Wilson, Chairman, Arawak Homes; Arlene Nash-Ferguson, President, Educulture; and Marlon Johnson, President, Small Business Association. (See Events feature for breakdown of topics)

*”Now in its twelfth year, Bahamas Business Outlook continues to be the most anticipated forum for the evaluation and appraisal of the nation’s economic condition,”* says Counsellors President Joan Albury. *”We are extremely proud of the role it has played in our economic sector through the years.”*

The entry cost of $100 for the full day’s programme includes a coffee break and luncheon.