The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) was last evening officially launched here with both United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley, and Prime Minister Mark Phillips pledging their respective governments’ commitment to fostering the economic growth and partnership of the two nations.
It is hoped that with the establishment of the private sector body that trade and business would exponentially grow from the more than £1 billion that was last year’s figure.
“It means a lot to you but it means a lot to me and it means a lot to the UK government as well. This is a really strong relationship… it builds on the momentum being seen here. So we have got a partnership agreement which is phenomenal and we will build on that to make it even more meaningful,” Rutley said in brief remarks at the launch, held last evening at the residence of UK High Com-missioner Jane Miller, in Georgetown.
