As Gibraltar went into lockdown, the Chamber stepped up to make sure that its members, as well as the wider business community, would be given the assistance needed to weather the lockdown and rebuild their businesses once the restrictions had been lifted.
On Friday 13th March the Chamber of Commerce met with the Chief Minister, Minister Daryanani and Financial Secretary, Albert Mena to consider what measures could be introduced to assist businesses in the expected downturn as Gibraltar prepared to go into full lockdown. The focus of the meeting was to ensure that as many businesses as possible could continue to trade through the lockdown so that employment levels could be maintained.
The speed of the growing crisis throughout Europe was such that the Chamber had not had time to put detailed costings together for each of the proposed measures it gave to the Government....
