The British Chamber of Com-merce Guyana (BritCham Guy-ana) has been created to promote and facilitate commercial business opportunities and mutually beneficial relationships between the UK and its largest trading partner in the Caribbean.
The formal creation of Brit-Cham Guyana was announced yesterday as a feature of the Guyana Energy Conference and Expo 2023 at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown. British and Guya-nese companies are encouraged to contact BritCham Guyana to sign up as members.
A release from BritCham said that alongside the promotion and facilitation of bilateral trade and commerce, the Chamber will foster an open networking environment where companies can engage and discuss issues impacting their businesses and UK-Guyana trade.
The release said that the new organization will be chaired by Guysons Group CEO and UK/ Guyanese citizen Faizal Khan, supported by a board of leading business executives with close ties to both countries. It has an office at Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre in Georgetown. Full details of the board will be announced in due course. Khan said that BritCham Guyana aims to become the trusted partner and platform for fostering business between the UK and Guyana.
Khan said that BritCham Guyana will offer its members increased access to and knowledge of each market, investment opportunities, expert and technical skills, advisory services, a wide range of industry, policy and regulatory insights across sectors, and competitive pricing.
“We would like to congratulate BritCham Guyana and we look forward to working with the team,” said Anne-Marie Martin, Director of Membership UK & International at the British Chambers of Commerce.
The release said that Guyana is the UK’s largest trade partner in the Caribbean. In 2021, the country accounted for 21.6% of all the UK’s trade with the Caribbean and, to date, there has been a 45.9% increase in trade among the two nations for 2022.
The release added that the move to establish the new business chamber comes on the heels of the announcement of visa free travel to the UK, a direct British Airways flight from end of March, and the signing of a partnership arrangement by Guy-ana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd and His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jonathan Knott, CMG in November 2022.
