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2026 Is Already Your Comparative Year

October 22, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Article 2 of THE NEW BOTTOM LINE™, Dawgen Global’s series on IFRS 18 across the Caribbean. The cheapest time to prepare your IFRS 18 comparatives is before the 2026 books close. Most finance teams think of IFRS 18 as a 2027 project. For a company with a 31 December year-end, that is a year too...

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Ten Weeks to IFRS 18: Where Caribbean Companies Stand

October 21, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The new presentation standard takes effect on 1 January 2027. For most Caribbean reporters, the work should already be under way. On 1 January 2027, the way Caribbean companies present their profit changes. IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, replaces IAS 1 for annual periods beginning on or after that date. It...

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Profit Is an Opinion. EBITA Is a Discipline: Why Caribbean CEOs Must Read Ratios, Not Just Results

September 25, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why Caribbean CEOs Must Read Ratios, Not Just Results IN BRIEF Net profit is the number most Caribbean chief executives manage to, and it is the number lenders, investors and buyers trust least. They judge a business on a handful of ratios built on two measures of operating earnings: EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax,...

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Attendance, approvals and the cost of a working hour.

September 20, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most businesses know what they pay for an hour. Far fewer know what an hour costs them, and fewer still can say which job consumed it. That gap is where quoted margin quietly becomes actual loss. IN SHORT The cost of an hour is not the wage rate. It is the wage plus the employer’s...

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Your books are ready in March. Your decisions were needed in January

August 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

How long should it take to close monthly accounts? Nine working days is achievable. Thirty to seventy-five is what most Caribbean businesses actually run. This article sets out where the difference comes from, what the delay costs, and how a digitally delivered finance function closes the gap. IN SHORT A monthly close should take nine...

The Conformance Deadline Has Passed: Is Your Internal Audit Function Compliant?

July 17, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

There is a comfortable belief circulating in boardrooms across the Caribbean, and it deserves to be retired: the belief that the Global Internal Audit Standards are still “bedding in,” that everyone is in the same boat, and that conformance is a project for next year. None of that is true. The Standards took effect on...

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How to Finance Growth Beyond Bank Debt

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The bank loan is one tool in the financing toolbox. Across the Caribbean, it is treated as the whole toolbox — and growth is being rationed to fit it. The Problem, Lived “Natalie” built her Kingston agro-processing company — sauces and seasonings — from a home kitchen to a small factory over nine years. Then...

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How to Fix Your Cash Flow Before It Kills Your Business

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Profit is an opinion. Cash is a fact. Businesses do not die of unprofitability — they die of running out of cash, and many die profitable. The Problem, Lived It is Thursday afternoon, and “Devon” is doing the arithmetic he does every Thursday afternoon. Payroll runs tomorrow: that number is fixed. The equipment lease is...

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How to Formalize: From Hustle to Registered, Bankable Business

July 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The invisible ceiling on your growth may not be your product, your prices or your effort. It may be your paperwork. The Problem, Lived Picture “Damion,” who has spent six years building an auto-parts supply operation out of Half-Way Tree. His customer base is loyal, his sourcing network is excellent, and his monthly sales...

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Auditability by Design: Creating Evidence Trails for AI Decisions

July 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why AI systems must be explainable, traceable, and defensible from the start EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in business operations, one question becomes unavoidable: can the organization prove what happened? When AI influences a decision, produces an output, or triggers a workflow, management must be able to reconstruct the process — the...

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2026 Is Already Your Comparative Year

Ten Weeks to IFRS 18: Where Caribbean Companies Stand

Profit Is an Opinion. EBITA Is a Discipline: Why Caribbean CEOs Must Read Ratios, Not Just Results

Attendance, approvals and the cost of a working hour.

The Conformance Deadline Has Passed: Is Your Internal Audit Function Compliant?

How to Finance Growth Beyond Bank Debt

How to Fix Your Cash Flow Before It Kills Your Business

How to Formalize: From Hustle to Registered, Bankable Business

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