Privately-run one-stop agency interfacing well with state-run entities -Managing Director

Managing Director of the recently launched Guyana Logistics & Support Services Inc. (GLASS) John Lewis has told Stabroek Business that the privately-run one-stop agency set up to facilixtate official transactions and offer a range of services to both local and foreign investors is pleased with its relationships with state-run entities with which it has to interface on clients’ behalf.

“It is a matter of doing things by the book, of following laid down procedures,” the former Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice Mining Enterprise (BERMINE) told Stabroek Business.

Local private sector officials as well as overseas investors have been critical of what they say is the excessive “red tape” associated with doing business with state agencies. Some agencies have been criticized for being slow in processing transactions while others, including the Customs and Trade Administration have been accused of