Business is the key to dealing with the 2013 crisis, the pandemic crisis and the current crisis, the President of the Republic said on Thursday evening, Nicos Anastasiades,[/B] presenting an honorary award to Phidias Pilides, for his work and overall contribution to entrepreneurship, at the "KEBE Business Leader Awards", held in Limassol.
In his brief address, President Anastasiades expressed his pleasure to be among people who "in the difficult times that this country went through, within the framework of an economic policy, a fiscal policy that we followed, giving incentives, encouraging, you responded fully, so that we could face the crisis of 2013, the pandemic crisis, the current crisis that we are facing, to the extent that this country today has a growth rate of 6%".
This, he continued, is not due to the government, "due to business, due to all of you, due to your initiatives, your leadership skills".
Congratulating all those who received the award, President Anastasiades made special reference to Phidias Pilides "a visionary man who through his diverse action and contribution, has managed to inspire, to create his own perspectives or those of entrepreneurs in general".
The honoree, he added, was not accidentally placed at the top of important organisations, such as PwC, KEBE, the Association of Chartered Accountants, Invest Cyprus, the Gaming and Casino Regulatory Authority and the Technical Committee for Economic and Business Issues, among others.
"My dear Phidias, I believe that tonight's honour is fully deserved both to you and to the others who have been awarded and those who contribute to the existence of this business community, this booming economy, this otherwise exemplary general economic situation of the country," he added.
Finally, he said that Phidias Pilides leaves a worthy successor, (Energy Minister) Natasha Pilidou, to whom he also wished all the best.
Source: CNA
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