SENIOR civil servant Nigel Lewis, who has worked alongside Guernsey industries for much of his career, will be the speaker at the double sell-out dinner to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Lewis (pictured), deputy chief executive of the States, was formerly the senior civil servant at the then Board of Industry and the Commerce and Employment Department.
He has agreed to speak after the Lt-Governor, Sir Fabian Malbon, was advised not to go ahead with the engagement following surgery. The original venue for the dinner – St James – was booked beyond capacity within three hours of tickets being made available last month.
Organiser Orchard Events proposed moving the dinner to Beau Sejour, which can accommodate more than 400 guests, and again it was fully subscribed days later with a number of tables still on the waiting list.
The special event marking two centuries of Guernsey entrepreneurialism will take place on 21 November and will be a celebration of all that is good about business in the island.
‘Thanks to sponsorship from RBSI, Lombard and Bucktrout & Co., we are planning quite a party,’ said Chamber president Paul Luxon.
‘We are very grateful to Nigel Lewis for agreeing to speak as he has the perfect qualifications.’
The formalities of the evening will be kept to a minimum and there will be entertainment to befit the celebratory tone of it.
n Anyone wishing to join the waiting list should contact Fiona Murray or Aimee Brehaut by email at info@orchardevents.com or by phoning 240600.
Article posted on 24th October, 2008 - 2.30pm
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Tickets sold out quick then. Lovely. Probably a stampede by the elitest you scratch my back and I’ll scatch yours brigade. How many of these tickets were purchased by the states for the states to keep some kind of self economy going? Where do us taxpayers benifit exactly? Maybe it is another one of those hidden benefits which nobody ever sees? Still I bet the grub will be good and the bottomless champagne glasses even better? Maybe massive hangovers might even spark some debate? Most definately about the previous evening thats for sure.
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