26th
January 2010
RG Group
wins ‘Idea of the Year’ prize at
Chamber’s Business Awards ceremony
Businessman
Rayneau Gajadhar has been awarded by the Chamber
of Commerce with the JQ Charles Award for Idea
of the Year. He won the prize at the St. Lucia
Business Awards Ceremony held Saturday evening
at the Sandals Grande Beach Resort and Spa.
The Chamber said before the ceremony that the
award “will be presented to the organization
demonstrating an ability to take advantage of
unexplored opportunities, solve a problem or
address a serious need with a fresh, new ‘out
of the box’ concept that is both sustainable
and viable.”
Last year, Mr Gajadhar’s RG Group initiated
the Construction Industry Stimulus Package,
which resulted in dramatic decreases in the
prices of building materials throughout the
country.
As the current school year began last September,
the RG Group of Companies also formally announced
the Discovering Entrepreneurs – Generation
Next program, which had a formal Press Launch
on January 7th.
The Gen X program encourages young persons to
develop innovative, creative and self-sustaining
projects for themselves or their communities,
alone or along with others. The RG Group has
committed $50,000.00 to the project to help
successful applicants take their proposed projects
from idea to reality.
Scores of young persons from across the country
have been indicating interest in the Gen X program
and have been applying to register and participate.
Mr Gajadhar says he is “very pleased”
that his group has won the award. He says it
is intended to become an annual project and
is encouraging other local public and private
sector entities to join his RG Group “to
make the program as national as possible.”
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