Business

A year after closing the doors of its most recently established restaurant that had operated on the ground floor of the Opus Hotel on Croal Street, the popular Bettencourt food service chain is preparing to launch a multi-million-dollar complex that will accommodate a restaurant, conference facilities and a banqueting suite, General Manager John Reman disclosed to Stabroek Business earlier this week.

Come next semester, the University of Guyana (UG) will be opening the doors of its new School of Entrepreneur-ship and Business Innovation (SEBI), an initiative which Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith says is reflective of a re-examination of the relevance and delivery of the institution’s programmes “in keeping with national development, industry needs, student-centred learning and faculty development.”

By John M. Seeram Board Member IIA Guyana Chapter The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) which is the global voice for the internal auditing profession has identified the month of May as the International Internal Audit Awareness Month.

With a recent oil spill from Trinidad and Tobago having reached the coast of Venezuela, the region, and particularly Guyana, is once again being reminded of the environmental and other risks that attend the potentially lucrative oil industry.

More than half of all food vendors in Guyana may well not have the requisite public health credentials to provide service in the sector because of deficiencies in their food-handling standards, Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department Marlan Cole has told the Stabroek Business.

Chief Executive Officer of the almost five-year-old software development company Innovative Systems Inc (InnoSyS) Richard Langford believes that the company is making a case for taking pride of place among the local technology enterprises offering a suite of services that are relevant to Guyana’s needs.

There was something decidedly farcical about the recent National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Awards ceremony.

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United States-based Guyanese Trevor Daniels is in the process of sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into the creation of a “first grade” 300-acre coconut plantation in the Pomeroon, according to Project Consultant Jerome Andrews.

The strong likelihood that the growth of Guyana’s economy will be driven by what are now the country’s proven significant hydrocarbon reserves will not deflect his administration from the pursuit of its ‘green economy’ goals, President David Granger has said.

I remember taking one of my first semester courses at college, the Psychology of Fashion, and thinking what on earth did I just pay money for. In

Michael and Dee George, the proprietors of the Herdmanston Lodge are big fans of the Restaurant Week event not just because it allows their kitchen a special occasion on which to parade its talents but also it represents an occasion for Guyanese to eat out.

While both individuals and businesses in the Caribbean have long been victims of instances of cybercrime ranging from petty swindles to major shakedowns, there is evidence reflected in recent trends that small businesses are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks by cyber criminals.

Having successfully completed their summer 2016 STEMGuyana project involving children from various parts of the coast, the team behind the project has embarked on a new initiative, preparing ten Guyanese youngsters for what will probably be the challenge of their lives, participation in an international robotics competition in Washington DC in July this year.

The mission of the First Global Challenge is to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation in young people from all nations in order to enhance understanding, instill the importance of cooperation, address the world’s most pressing issues, and improve quality of life for all.

The Caribbean and Latin America were notable exceptions to a broader global trend of reduced remittances last year with the World Bank reporting a 6.9 per cent in remittances to the region in 2016.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 718’s trading results showed consideration of $1,138,521 from 41,869 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 717’s trading results, which showed consideration of $6,614,635 from 234,441 shares traded in 13 transactions.