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-says GCCI in response to senior diplomat’s comments on Guyana’s Local Content push (KAIETEUR NEWS) The US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, who is also co-Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana (AmCham Guyana), is not too enthusiastic about recent calls for local content policy and legislation. During the first Annual General Meeting […]

[ DEMERARA WAVE ] The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday said its planned Business Development Forum would be geared at helping small businesses find other sources of financing. Senior Vice President of the GCCI, Timothy Tucker says that’s because interest rates at commercial banks are very steep compared to crowd-funding, boot-strapping […]

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition. President of the GCCI, Mr. Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, and Mr. Russell Borthwick, Chief Executive of the Aberdeen […]

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), on Wednesday, hosted a Roundtable Discussion on Guyana’s third draft of the Local Content Policy. The event saw an exchange of several different viewpoints on the strengths and weaknesses of the latest draft. One of the points raised during the discussion was the need for a more […]

On August 26, 2019, Senior Vice-President Mr. Timothy Tucker and Executive Director, Mr. Richard Rambarran of the Chamber met with Mr. John R. Deep Ford, Ambassador, and Permanent Representative, Cooperative Republic of Guyana, United Nations Office & International Organization Geneva. The aim of this meeting was to discussed areas of possible collaboration between the two […]

On August 13, 2019, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Nicholas Boyer and members of the Chamber met with Mr. Patrick Henry, Director for the Centre for Local Business Development. The aim of the meeting was to discuss possible areas for collaboration between the Chamber and the Centre for Business Development […]

On this occasion of the 181st Anniversary of the Emancipation of enslaved Africans, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) wishes to extend warm wishes to all Guyanese, especially our brothers and sisters of African descent. August 1st, 1838 marks 181 years since enslaved Africans in the British empire won their emancipation from slavery. […]

On July 26, 2019, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Nicholas Boyer and Senior Vice President Mr. Timothy Tucker and members of the Chamber met with Mr. Nigel Sabga, Head of Investment and Ms. Kavita Surat Singh Head of Wealth Management of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited. The aim of the meeting […]

On July 24, 2019, Executive Director Mr. Richard Rambarran and members of the Chamber met Ms. Ramrattie Karan, Deputy Director and her team at the Guyana National Bureau of Standard (GNBS). The aim of the meeting was to introduce the Chamber and discuss opportunities for collaboration between the Chamber and GNBS.