Since 2008 Farfan and Mendes has been partnering with one of the world’s leaders in the water treatment industry in an undertaking that seeks to enhance countrywide access to potable water.
Even as sections of the small business community continue to pronounce on challenges associated with accessing commercial bank loans, Republic Bank says it continues to offer “a comprehensive range of corporate, commercial and retail banking services” to meet the business and personal financial needs of small and medium enterprises.
The proliferation of food vendors on city streets is posing major challenges for the Georgetown municipality in its efforts to effectively monitor health and safety standards in the industry, acting Chief Meat and Food Inspector Jagdish Singh told Stabroek Business in a telephone interview earlier this week.
Relatively low cost of living and favourable weather conditions position Guyana as one of the ideal destinations for offshore siting of international universities, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Texila American University Saju Bhaskar told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.
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GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 459’s trading results showed consideration of $8,241,677 from 183,675 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 458 which showed consideration of $32,362,551 from 261,688 shares traded in 38 transactions.
Expressions of concern from the private sector over what it says is a scarcity of skills in key areas of the productive sector are nothing new.
Chastened by the challenges associated with traditional approaches to agriculture not least of which are flooding, pests and soil deficiencies, the local agricultural sector has, for some years now, been exploring the potential of hydroponics, a farming method the uses mineral nutrient solutions in water without soil.
The Government Technical Institute (GTI) is currently is helping to meet the skills needs of the local business community and is even responding to requests from enterprises in the Caribbean to provide trained graduates to meet some of the needs of industry in the region, Principal Carl Benn told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.
The fact that there is as yet no evidence of a focused response from either the government or the private sector to the recently promulgated US Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is reflective of a seeming indifference to a development, which has direct and potentially serious implications for the country’s manufacturing sector (though not exclusively) and particularly for aspiring small businesses within the sector.
Important Pillars The talk about competitiveness is not idle chatter and no one thinks that the administration sees it that way.
With several of the critical regulations under the new United States Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) now just a matter of months away, Guyanese exporters of foods to the United States could face loss of critical markets in the face of what appears to be both public and private sector inaction in seeking to put mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with those regulations.
Having already benefitted from funding an expertise to support the creation of scores of shadehouses in communities in Guyana to enable the cultivation of hydroponically grown vegetables, local farmers will be securing further technical help from Partners of the Americas through a visit here by Rutgers University Professor Robin Brumfield, a specialist in farm financial management and greenhouse technology.
The establishment of the University of Guyana Economics Society is an initiative that was undertaken by students of the Faculty with the support of the Faculty Head and Directors to foster a culture of intellectual discourse on issues relating to business and the economy in Guyana and further afield.
The steady growth of the commercial sector in Guyana is redefining the role of the security industry, taking it beyond the traditional routine of the armed escort required for payroll protection and bank deposits at the end of the trading day.
(Trinidad Express) – Caribbean governments should look at adjusting the limits pension funds can invest overseas for better risk management.
(Trinidad Express) – Foreign governments that once viewed expatriates largely as a source of revenue just for the money they sent home to their families are starting to focus more on helping their citizens succeed in America — so they can invest more in their homeland.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold rose yesterday as bargain hunters waded into the market after prices fell sharply this week on worries about a worsening European debt crisis.
BEIJING (Reuters) – The world’s top four accounting firms will have to bring in Chinese citizens to run their operations in China and end the dominance of foreign partners under new rules announced by the Finance Ministry yesterday.
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