Georgetown: The second annual Attitudinal Survey, carried out by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) says that one of the major obstacles facing businesses in Guyana was finding and keeping good employees as 65 respondents answered questions related to performance indicators, costs of operations, outlook on the national economy, obstacles to success and access to finance.
President of the GCCI Clinton Urling said that in terms of the major obstacles to doing business, respondents identified keeping good employees (42 percent), high tax rates (31 percent) and the high cost and unreliability of electricity (22 percent ) as the three most disadvantageous.
He observed that government’s attitude and support to business came in for high praise with 60 percent characterizing these as either moderately supportive or very supportive.
“Our members perceive levels of public sector corruption to be high (74 percent) while 22 percent held a neutral position on the issue. Striking was the fact that no respondent answered that they perceive corruption to be low. It was also felt that government is not doing enough to curb corruption (88 percent),” he asserted.
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