Business

When you peruse the showroom at Fibre Tech Industrial Plastics tucked away on Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, a stone’s throw away from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) you are inclined to think that it is misplaced, that it ought to occupy space in downtown commercial Georgetown, where more eyes can see what the company has to offer.

The significant worsening of conditions of access roads “across the regions of Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice” is creating conditions bordering on a crisis in the timber industry, according to a release issued yesterday by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA).

Editor’s note: With effect from this issue the Stabroek Business will be publishing occasional features that have a direct bearing on the marketing of goods and services produced by local small businesses.

Precedent set in other oil-producing developing countries compel Guyana to contemplate the likely impact of the advent of oil as a factor that could exacerbate the country’s crime situation, President of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) Shyam Nokta has said.

A joint public/private sector initiative is pulling out the stops to expand the country’s export profile and attract investment into the country through the staging of the September 19 – 22 Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston. 

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I’m currently renovating a space and in observing the things I was drawn to I slowly realized that a lot of things I liked were pretty mainstream.

A two -day workshop designed to bring Guyana’s private and public sectors up to date with the latest technologies in a range of fields including water transmission and distribution and waste water treatment wrapped up here Wednesday afternoon with participants agreed that Guyana must embrace the latest technologies if it is to be competitive in offering quality products and services to local and international markets.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service) *Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 12, 2018

There is probably a case for suggesting that the current (understandable) preoccupation with the imminent commencement of oil exploitation offshore Guyana and what this could mean for the future economic shape of our country could serve as a distraction from other equally important issues that have a bearing on the economy of our country and the well-being of our people. 

Giftland Mall received eight million visitors since its official opening on July 2, 2015.

In bad weather the long roads leading into Region Nine can seem like another country.

With cross-border access into Guyana having long been relatively easy, protecting the country’s territory must focus not only on keeping undesirable elements out but also on protecting the population from ‘invasion’ by non-human yet harmful elements that could compromise the nation’s security no less seriously than armed invasion.

The Government of Guyana is seeking to maximize the impact of public spending on the economic well-being of its citizens and the Small Business Procurement Programme is one means of achieving this.

One of the world’s leading professional marketing bodies, the United Kingdom-based Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has issued a commendation to the Georgetown-based Business School “for the exceptional performance of its students at the Institute’s July 2017 assessments,” Chief Executive Officer and Principal of the school, James Bovell has told the Stabroek Business.

Your first impression of Joel Harrihar is likely to be that of a ‘bookish’ Guyanese youngster preoccupied with working his way feverishly towards a university degree.

Reyead Shadeek believes that poor customer service has contributed significantly to undermining the reputation of the motor mechanical industry and he wants to do something about it.