William Trubridge, record-breaking freediver and focus of the Lifestyle feature in the new issue of The Bahamas Investor, first came to The Bahamas to dive in Dean's Blue Hole–the world's deepest. Once he had tried it, he decided to make Long Island his home, opening a dive academy with extended plans to launch a diving and yoga retreat on the sleepy southern Family Island.

Speaking at the Nassau Conference last month, Chandler Sands, managing director of Campbell Shipping Company Ltd, urged investment in the maritime industry and spoke of a future date where the sector was training a greater number of highly able maritime professionals.