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| Name of Company | Contact |
| bmobile | Website: www.bmobile.co.tt |
| The Beacon Insurance Company Limied | Head Office:13 Stanmore Avenue, Port of Spain Tel: (868) 6-BEACON Fax: (868) 623-9900 Email: info@beacon.co.tt Website: www.beacon.co.tt |
| CMMB | Barbados Tel: (246) 426-2020 St Lucia Tel: (758) 450-2662 / (800) 450-2662 Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) 623-7815 / 653-9857 |
| Guardian Holdings Limited | Email: ghl@guardianholdings.com Website: www.guardianholdings.com |
| Caribbean Airlines | Trinidad Tel: (868) 669-3000 ext 2260 Tobago Tel: (868) 660-7200 ext 2260 Email: club@caribbean-airlines.com |
| Digicel | Website: www.digicelgroup.com |
| RBTT Bank | Email: info@tt.rbtt.com Website: www.rbtt.com |
| Republic Bank Limited | Trinidad & Tobago Barbados Cayman Islands Cuba Grenada Guyana St Lucia Email: email@republictt.com Website: republictt.com |
| HCL Group of Companies | Website: www.hcltt.com |
| Evolving TecKnologies and Enterprise Development Company Ltd. (e TecK) | Tel: (868) 638-0038 Website: investTNT.cm |
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Trinidad and Tobago has one of the most business-friendly environments in the Caribbean and is considered to be the destination of choice for investing and doing business. In the last six years the country’s economy has doubled in size. From 2002 to 2006, the economy grew by an average of 9.7 percent per year making Trinidad and Tobago one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The country also received US$6 billion in foreign direct investment in the last five years. Signs of this remarkable growth are evident all over, from the Waterfront project, to the establishment of the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the development of the southwestern peninsula of the Trinidad for heavy industrial and port purposes. This growth is underpinned by the country’s energy sector, which has benefited from high oil and gas prices and from its own expansion through the construction of many new projects. As a result, Trinidad and Tobago is poised to enter into one of the most exciting periods in its economic history. While Trinidad and Tobago is internationally known for its vibrant oil and gas industry, its non-oil sector has also been an impressive performer. In the period 2002 to 2006, the non-oil sector grew at an impressive 6 percent per year. To encourage diversification an emphasis has been placed on the development of the non-oil sector. To facilitate the non-oil sector’s growth and development, the Government has put in place Evolving TecKnologies (e TecK) and has provided further support through the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The diversification thrust is centered on strategic plans for seven industries that have been targeted for special focus by the Government. These seven industries are: Music and Entertainment, Printing and Packaging, Merchant Marine, Film, Fish and Fish Processing, Yachting, Food and Beverage. The seven industries are proposed as areas of investment for the private sector and will receive special Government support. In addition Government continues to encourage and support Tourism, Energy Services and Agriculture and Agro-processing. Plans are also in train to develop a cluster of technology industries at the new Tamana InTech Park. This technology park is the responsibility of e TecK and will service companies involved in knowledge-based manufacturing and in research and development. The Tamana InTech Park will also house the flagship campus of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and it is the intention to link UTT’s activities with the activities of the technology companies at Tamana InTech. Services are also an important part of any growing economy. The mature free-market economies of Western Europe and North America have long seen the transition from a dominant industrial base to an economy driven by services. In Trinidad and Tobago, services form an important component of the diversification thrust. In 2007, services accounted for 51 percent of the Trinidad and Tobago economy. This is evident in the fact that Trinidad and Tobago already has a well-established services sector that includes: banking, insurance, construction, entertainment, information technology support, telecommunications, energy, consultancy, printing and packaging, transport, education and tourism. In the food and beverage industry, one cannot help but notice the opening of new restaurants offering a diverse array of cuisine. The growth in the supply of services in any country is always a sign of growing prosperity and increase in the national income. The next five years promises to be an exciting time for Trinidad and Tobago as the country moves towards its goal of developed nation status by the year 2020. All stakeholders realize that getting to developed nation status requires that the economy has to be diversified and that this diversification is ultimately the responsibility of the private sector with the support of the Government.