Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour, and Trade, Honourable Lorna Smith, OBE today delivered the keynote address at the special 20^th anniversary meeting and conference of ICC FraudNet, highlighting the strong position the Virgin Islands Government takes in relation in the deterrence of fraud and the fight against financial crime.

The public is advised that the Department of Trade Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs will be closed at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January, 31. 

Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer is pictured as he attended the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Cruise Conference and Trade Show held in Mazatlan, November 7 to 10.

The public is notified that the Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs, will be processing renewal of trade licences for the 2024 season effective November 15, 2023.  

Ladies & Gentleman, Good Morning.

I am very pleased to see what I would call, the rebirth of the annual Buy BVI Trade Expo after an eight-year hiatus from our calendar of events.

Madam Speaker, with your permission I would like to present a bill seeking the suspension of the Virgin Islands Trade Commission Act, 2020. This Act, passed on 8 June 2020, aimed to establish the Virgin Islands Trade Commission, and vest it with critical responsibilities related to business, trade, investment, and consumer affairs within our jurisdiction. The Act came into effect on 21 November 2022, through Statutory Instrument S.I. 103 of 2022.

The public is reminded that unauthorised vending is strictly prohibited, particularly in the Road Town area.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Trade and Labour, Honourable Lorna G. Smith, OBE and Junior Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Honourable Dr. Karl Dawson are pictured during a press briefing regarding the recent BVI Trade Mission to Guyana.

The Government of the British Virgin Islands is delighted to announce that the Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour, and Trade, the Hon. Lorna Smith, OBE, will lead a diverse, 17-member delegation on a significant trade mission to Guyana from 30th July to 4th August 2023.

Vendors who have been approved to sell at the Non Stop Concert are advised that they are required to visit the Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs to remit payment for their temporary trade licence by tomorrow Friday, June 30.