Business View Caribbean | September 2019

64 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN SEPTEMBER 2019 www.vconnection.nl An experienced export company. All around the world we provide our customers with a wide range of products. Spacelab 43, 3824 MR Amersfoort Netherlands | +31 33 737 0517 expand the guesthouse from eight rooms to a 30- room hotel. “I have already bought the land next to the main headquarters and would like to build a nice modern structure with all the amenities. And next to the outlet in the south, where we have the gas station and a small market, we want to build a restaurant. “The most important point is that A.C. Shillingford & Co. has lasted since 1908. The business is actually named “The Phoenix” because it rises up. We’re probably the only business in the Eastern Caribbean that has gone into receivership, and nearly bankruptcy, and emerged again. All the others just died. And then, from 1995 to December 1999, while I was in government, I had left the business for someone else to run and we lost $2 million. I came back in 2000 and had to revive the business again; bringing in Mr. Dexter Ducray as General Manager, and he is a good man to have. Nothing keeps us down, even hurricanes. We will continue to survive and thrive to serve the wonderful people of Dominica.” pictured above General Manager, Dexter Ducray PREFERRED VENDORS n Gerber Agri International www.gerberatl.com n VConnection B.V. www.vconnection.nl