{"id":14759,"date":"2023-12-26T17:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:38:32","slug":"gcci-celebrates-successful-year-sets-sights-on-2024-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gcci-celebrates-successful-year-sets-sights-on-2024-development\/","title":{"rendered":"GCCI Celebrates Successful Year, Sets Sights on 2024 Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) celebrated a prosperous year, marking significant achievements in fostering business partnerships and advancing the local business environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 134th Annual Awards Presentation and Gala Dinner held at the Marriott Hotel, President Kester Hutson expressed the Chamber&#8217;s commitment to developing a vibrant and sustainable business sector in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Hutson highlighted the expansion of the Chamber&#8217;s membership to over 900 businesses during the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that business development is now a top priority, and the Chamber plans to be intentional and strategic in its approaches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Josiah-GCCA-Awards-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Advocacy for stronger policies, provision of excellent services, and access to financial resources will be key focuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber actively engaged with trade missions from the US, UK, Canada, China, Brazil, and other countries, fostering collaborations both in Guyana and overseas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Hutson encouraged members to play an active role in taking advantage of available opportunities by participating in various Chamber activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Josiah-GCCA-Awards-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to accomplishments like hosting the Small Business Expo, contributing to charitable causes, and consulting on legislation, the GCCI plans to launch a member-to-member discount program aimed at boosting local businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Awards Presentation recognized outstanding individuals and entities, including Ameir Ahmad, Director of Sheriff Group of Companies, Timothy Tucker, CEO of Rid-O-Pest Inc, Keen360 Inc, Kojac, and the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Ramsay Ali from GMSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the GCCI reflects on a successful 2023, the Chamber envisions an even brighter 2024 for the private sector in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reporting for NCN News, Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) celebrated a prosperous year, marking significant achievements in fostering business partnerships and advancing the local business environment. At the 134th Annual Awards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14763,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14759\/revisions\/14763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}