Minister sends warning

Bridgetown.

The Minister of Industry will crack down on companies claiming to be manutacturers when they are not making  any products.

Minister of Industry Denis Kellman issued the warning while on a tour of several small businesses located in the industrial parks owned by the Barbados Industrial Development Corporation (BIDC).

Kellman said there are two kind of companies occupying prime space at BIDC industrial parks.

"I know them well, I will not call their names, they know who they are are .They are in prime locations and are using these locations to destroy local industry", Kellman said. 

The Minister added the Government, throught the auspices of the BIDC  will no longer be giving prime locations to companies or indivuals that are not producing local goods.