[Ministry of Trade] Britain is Working!
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by Ministry of Trade
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to the first edition of General Manager News, the official mouthpiece of the UK Ministry of Trade. I am the new Minister, Iain Keers, and hopefully over the next month I will be making the Ministry of Trade a pillar of our government.
Many of you have probably never heard of the Ministry- those who have will no doubt associate it (as I do) with current Minister of Defence & Foreign Affairs Dishmcds, who has wrote every previous article in this paper! Apart from him, our Ministers have been a quiet bunch, managing a few business loans and the odd reimbursement of tax for imported goods.
Over the next month I have a number of plans I want to put into place.
Firstly, I want to get this newspaper on the road and make our workings far more public. There are hundreds of GMs in this country- around one in five active citizens own businesses, yet the Ministry only has contacts with a very small number. To work properly as a country we need to direct not only government finance but also that of our citizens. By properly directing our best minds we can come together and build a strong, international level economy for the future. So if you're a business owner vote and subscribe to keep up with the latest tips from me.
Secondly, I want to build an idea of where our domestic business is succeeding and where it is failing, to make sure that as often as possible supply meets demand and everyone can get a fair deal- both employers and customers. For this reason I've asked my Under-Minister for Domestic Trade Frank Furglar to put together data about mean and best prices on market goods each week so we can have some idea about fluctuations and anomalies in the market and tackle them head on. Frank had been doing this of his own initiative for some time, and to recognise his initiative we will be publishing his findings each week as a sub-section of this newspaper.
Thirdly, I want to make sure our GM's are successful. Some of you reading this will be barely scraping a profit, and many will have injected cash into their business just to keep them going. This is because in many sectors prices are lower than the net cost of production. This is usually because of two factors- high raw materials costs and over-saturation of the market. To combat this we will be making a full register of GMs in the UK (voluntary basis of course) and will be pursuing a number of schemes to clear markets and lower RM costs. This will involve us acting as intermediaries in establishing partnerships, co-operatives and so on. Larger, more stable business is better for all of us- even some of our richest citizens understand this and join partnerships such as Zycon Industries, Eurasian Holdings and Aurum International.
Fourthly I would like to deal with the raw materials problem very simply- by lobbying the government as Minister to reduce import tax on raw materials and to encourage businessmen to establish higher Q raw materials businesses abroad and then exporting the goods back to the UK. To gain advice about how and where to start your business you should contact me, not the Ministry of Trade org. I'm also available nearly every day on the IRC, at irc.erepublik.co.uk. If you own a raw materials business abroad of Q3 or higher you may be eligible for either a loan or a grant from the government to establish yourself. So do get in touch.
Finally, I'd like to get more non-RM businesses started abroad. There are a lot of virgin markets out there and a lot of non-Brits making money out of them. This isn't the pioneering economic spirit usually associated with Britain. Back in the day, the British built a mighty empire on trade doncha'know. And whilst I'm not going to go into the merits and demerits of empire, nobody doubts the value of having a strong British business presence in foreign economies. A closer economic relationship between you- the eUK citizen- and the world can only mean one thing- money for you and muscle for the country. So get in touch if you're interested in that front.
OK, that's all from me this week- a short edition of the weekly update. Make sure you Vote and Subscribe so you're kept up to date. Here are a few useful links:
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Comments
Pertamaxx
Can i be a apprentice
Not a word about improving the rights of the workers?
i like this, markets are currently really messed up. How do we give you details of companies?
Fill in the GM register by clicking the link.
Rhood- that isn't what this job is for. However my credentials in that field are rather extensive if you want to discuss it elsewhere 🙂
I am working as UnderMinister Of Trade [Domestic Affairs] And if you have any questions about the domestic Market or our functions, please forward them to myself or Iain and we will deal with them asap 🙂
That's a very pioneering imperialist picture you have there 😃
Vanguard is hoping to start up some raw materials companies soon, so we might be getting in touch. 🙂
"That's a very pioneering imperialist picture you have there 😃"
Despite appearances they're not battleships- they're East Indiamen- cargo ships. However I can understand the easy mistake! It was intended to be a jest 🙂
Wish I could help, eRepublik's a marathon.
voted & subscribed.
I own a business and I filled in that spreadsheet
Thanks everyone who is filling it in- early comers will get priority in terms of my time!
1 in 5 eBritons are GMs! When Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers he wasn't kidding! ;P
Has the Secretary for Trade considered tax incentives to encourage mergers and coops? I'm pretty new but I believe larger companies are far more efficient are they not?