The new measures will be coming into effect as of Friday, 22nd May 2020.

‘The country needs to find a new sense of competitiveness and an energy of resilience to successfully navigate the post-Covid realities’ said Perit David Xuereb, President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry during a cordial meeting with the Leader of the Opposition at Dar Ċentrali in Pieta’.

‘Question Time by The Malta Chamber’ organised in collaboration with Bank of Valletta and the Malta Development Bank, provided businesses with details about the recently launched ‘BOV-MDB COVID Assist’, a financing scheme aimed at assisting local businesses facing disruptions due to COVID.

'We must be the catalysts that take the country to a new equilibrium,' said Deputy President Marisa Xuereb as she represented The Malta Chamber on TVM’s programme Insights this week.

The Malta Chamber condemns the spontaneous celebrations that took place yesterday in connection with Floriana FC being awarded the Premiere football league title.

"We will need to be cautious in tackling the difficulties which the new normal may bring about, but we should also view them as an opportunity to create safer environments for our workplace, our homes, and the community in general.”

“The Malta Chamber is well aware that these unprecedented times necessitate a multi-faceted effort to support members on a number of levels” said Chamber President Perit David Xuereb today as he was opening the webinar.

The webinar will give an insight to the eligibility and loan criteria, interest rates and the required documentation for the 'BOV-MDB COVID Assist' financing scheme.

During the past couple of months, the Maritime and Logistics industry has been facing a great deal of challenges, primarily due to the restriction of port operations to only allow essential services.

Scheme was principle proposal made by The Malta Chamber

The Think Tank has been set up with the aim to propose ideas, on the educational sector of the future, in light of Covid-19 and beyond.

MBB emphasised the need for financial grants in the revised EU Budget during the first phase of crisis recovery.

The Malta Chamber makes fresh set of proposals on restructuring towards COVID resilient businesses

Malta Chamber offers members exclusive opportunity to get their HR answers in webinar

“No economy is healthy without good health and there’s no good health without a good economy.”

Any other masks, other than surgical or medical, are not covered by this price cap or by Government’s agreement for subsidisation of cost/selling price differences.

'The private sector understands its responsibility to deliver on sustainability commitments, but this could only be done with the right support and by ensuring a competitive European economy.'

Just the beginning of what will need to be a sustained effort to beat the virus

The committee’s ultimate objective is to develop strategic initiatives which will need to be undertaken in the short, medium and long terms to address what many are calling the new normal.

The Chamber is prepared to consult appropriately with the competent authorities in order to give its views and recommendations on the matter with immediate effect but asks for the draconian measure announced yesterday to be withdrawn.

The Chamber now looks forward to the guidelines which will be published by the country’s public health authorities in order to guide retail operators in following all the rules which will be published by the same authorities.

It is clear from the pattern of results that businesses need wider support and more realistic guidance from the authorities in order to avoid further redundancies.

What is tomorrow going to look like? What are we to expect our economic and business prospects to look like after COVID-19? The Malta Chamber is actively interested in this, and its newly established Think Tank is briefed to propose a way forward.

The Malta Chamber President David Xuereb and Director General Kevin J. Borg attended a virtual Malta Council for Economic and Social Dialogue (MCESD) meeting, discussing matters related to the economic challenges brought about by the Covid-19 crisis.

Out of the 6,512 applications processed, 4,869 were approved, covering 11,796 employees

YCN discusses the current crisis and ways forward how to make the best of it

Scheme complements the MDB COVID-19 Guarantee Scheme (CGS)

Chamber holds update survey on current pandemic situation

With the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, however, the INVEST+ team felt that it was its duty to revise the project’s work programme, in line with the restrictions that have been imposed during these challenging times.