Mr. Ross Gardner, Managing Director of Carasco & Son, is the new President of the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. He was elected President at the Chamber’s 139th Annual General Meeting held on November 29th, 2023 at the Sandals Grande Ballroom, under the theme “The Driving Force for Sustainable Business and Community Prosperity for St. Lucia’.

The long-awaited St. Lucia Power Breakfast sponsored by 1st National Bank of St. Lucia did not disappoint the fifty plus attendees. Led by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy, Mr. Francis Fontenelle, and his most able Colleague, Jemma Lafeuille, the information provided to business leaders was comprehensive insightful and extremely relevant.

Concerns regarding “Grid Stability” were among the major considerations advanced by LUCELEC when they discussed Capacity Limits and Pricing Policy with members of the Business Community at an Executive Luncheon organized by the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce on Friday 20th October 2023 at the Harbor Club Hotel.

Global Ports Holding to Accelerate Growth with Saint Lucia Cruise Port in Two Years (Castries, St. Lucia, September 27, 2023)— Executives of Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator, confirmed that they expect to complete the Saint Lucia Cruise Port Investment Project within two years once construction begins.

The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce organized and hosted a powerful and rewarding “face to face” engagement between the Customs & Excise Department and the St. Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority and the Business Community of the southern town of Vieux Fort on Thursday, July 20,2023.

The 138th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and is scheduled for November 16th2022, and will be held under the theme “The Driving Force for Sustainable Business and Community Prosperity for St. Lucia’.

The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture cordially invites you to the first planning meeting for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 on Wednesday 19th October 2022 at 10:00am. GEW 2022 will be celebrated on November 13th-19th, 2022 and we look forward to joining the international community in celebrating and promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship.

All organizations are in the business to create value for customers, shareholders and stakeholders. Whether the organization is for profit or non-profit, at the core of the existence of the business, is the idea or goal of creating value. However the realities of the current economic environment of increased competition, high financial and depressed economic realities, are forcing organizations to find and apply methods to innovate and be more effective.

The process to transform the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce into "The Driving Force for Sustainable Business and Community Development" continued over the last month with the Chamber once again recruiting and using the services of Dr, Harvey Millar of Management Technologies to facilitate the third phase of the process.