{"id":23101,"date":"2024-09-20T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23101"},"modified":"2024-09-20T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:04:57","slug":"president-ali-urges-uk-businesses-to-invest-in-guyanas-growing-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-urges-uk-businesses-to-invest-in-guyanas-growing-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Urges UK Businesses to Invest in Guyana&#8217;s Growing Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>With Guyana\u2019s economy rapidly expanding, the United Kingdom is positioned to become a key trade and investment partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was emphasized by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during the recent launch of the British Guyana Chamber of Commerce in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his virtual address, President Ali highlighted the significance of establishing the Chamber, describing it as a timely and crucial step towards fostering closer economic ties between Guyana and the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized his government&#8217;s commitment to diversifying and strengthening the Guyanese economy by engaging with international partners who possess the capacity, experience, and long-term vision for collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President pointed out that the UK, with its access to larger global markets and expertise in sectors such as finance, manufacturing, clean energy, and engineering, is well-positioned for deeper economic engagement with Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last four quarters, trade in goods and services between the UK and Guyana grew by 17.7 percent, underscoring the increasing economic interaction between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali reiterated that his government is focused on ensuring that economic growth translates into broad-based development for the Guyanese people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key areas identified for investment include manufacturing, agriculture, agro-processing, and tourism, which are seen as emerging markets with significant opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Head of State further encouraged UK businesses to view these opportunities as an invitation to partner with local enterprises and invest in establishing manufacturing operations in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the UK&#8217;s strong history in manufacturing and industrial innovation as an advantage in building these partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali concluded by stating that UK businesses that invest in Guyana will not only benefit from the nation&#8217;s economic growth but also contribute to shaping its future as a dynamic, emerging market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Guyana\u2019s economy rapidly expanding, the United Kingdom is positioned to become a key trade and investment partner. This was emphasized by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during the recent launch&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101","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=23101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23102,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23101\/revisions\/23102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}