Business

(Jamaica Observer) Corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays as much a role in driving economic development and growth as do successful business ventures says the Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica.

(Trinidad Express) – The ANSA McAL conglomerate has recorded revenues of $5.9 billion for its 2012 financial year, a 12 per cent increase over the previous year’s $5.3 billion.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 504’s trading results showed consideration of $4,074,966 from 80,355 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 503 which showed consideration of $5,233,110 from 172,245 shares traded in 6 transactions. 

The winning entry in a national schools science and technology competition submitted by Zeeburg Secondary School seems set to solve an age-old problem plaguing much of the small West Coast Demerara community.

Several Guyanese exhibitors who travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, USA earlier this month to take part in the March 16-18 Guyana Trade and Investment Expo reportedly suffered significant losses after encountering a series of organisational glitches associated with their preparation for the event, according to information received by this newspaper.

There is an air of expectancy in the small business sector associated with the emergence of a suite of exciting support projects under the auspices of the state-run Small Business Bureau.

Externalities As noted in the last piece, the cost of providing the goods and services is just as important to suppliers as the price at which they sell the goods and services.

The West Berbice Sheep & Goat Association is widely believed to be the best-organised agricultural grouping of its kind in Guyana.

By Nicola Telford There is a distinct pattern to the types of small businesses that have mushroomed across Guyana.

By Lloyda Nicholas-Garrett While there exists myriad niche market opportunities in the Guyana economy, taking advantage of these depends on a number of factors not least of which are availability of capital, business acumen and the skills necessary for success in the chosen sector.

As the future of the ageing Demerara Harbour Bridge moves closer to the centre of the public agenda, information is emerging about what is now believed to be government’s plans to pursue a reliable option to the existing structure.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 503 March 18,  2013 Notes 1 – Interim Results 2 – Prospective Dividends 3 – Shows year-end EPS but Interim Dividend EPS: earnings per share for the 12-month period to

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)                          *Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

By Sase Shiwnarain The Demerara Harbour Bridge plays a key role in the lives of the people of Region Three and further west.

The size of acreage brought under rice cultivation across the country for the 2013 first crop represents an all-time record for any crop, Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) General Manager Jagnarine Singh has told Stabroek Business.

Guyana has so far been unable to conclude a new contract for the supply of rice to Venezuela for 2013, which General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh has put down to the preoccupation of Venezuelan officialdom with the illness and recent death of President Hugo Chavéz.

Senior officials of the West Demerara Chamber of Commerce have told Stabroek Business that the strength of the links created between Georgetown and the business community west of the Demerara River has left the economic fortunes heavily dependent on the creation of a more secure means of traversing the Demerara River.

Up until now we have been unable to determine whether Guyana’s public or  private sector will be represented at the March 20-21 Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium at the Hilton Barbados Resort during which, according to a media release from the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), attendees “will be challenged to take an in-depth look at the report of the West Indian Commission – Time for Action – followed by an analysis of the region’s exports.”