Weeks after issuing a stern call to business operators in Blantyre to renew their licenses, the Blantyre City Council is now poised to start sealing businesses that have not followed this order.
Business operators were asked to renew their business licenses at the beginning of the new government year as per requirement of the 2012 Business Licensing Act.
BCC Director of Commerce, Industry and Trade Dennis Chinseu told the media last month that the current business licenses end on the 30th of June 2017.
Chinseu warned that effective from 1 July 2017, all businesses operating without a license in the commercial city will be closed, but the council was yet to start the exercise.
According to Chinseu, the council is mandated to license all businesses owned by Malawians while all businesses owned by foreign nationals are expected to be licensed by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
However, some foreign owned businesses involved in food processing and liquor selling would be inspected and licensed by the council.
Business owners have since been advised to make license renewal payments directly to the council’s account at Civic Centre and not to the officers who conduct the licensing inspection
Licence? Pepala alachabechabe liri ndi ntchito yanji?musamaike mfundo zopweteketsa a business pomwe mabusinesiwonso sakuyenda.bola mukati muziti mukuseka mabusinesiwo kamba koti akugulitsa zinthu zoletsedwa koma pepala (licence) aaaaa kkkkkk mulibe manyazi.
Welcome development!
Chthunz Ndkuonach Ndchanthu Aku LL City Not BT City
Koma anthu mu Malawi muno akuzionera, economy yake yiti ?? There is no business why quizzing people like this!!
But they are failing to implement the red star campaign
Good idea
Even in hard times our city officials are geared to correct enough revenue in the name of licences yet the business itself of the citizens is not going smooth
True my brother but why why why these stubborn people
With this mentality then you need our economy to do well when you can’t even be a responsible citizen!!!!