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20 August 2010

The Business One Stop Shop was formally launched on August 20 at the ground floor of the new Civic Center Building, located within the City Hall compound. With Mayor Herbert Bautista are (from left) Dean Antonio La Viña of the Ateneo School of Government, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, BPLO Head Pacifico Maghacot, DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo and IFC Vice President Rashad Kaldany. The event was broadcast simultaneously to the IFC and World Bank communities through their respective websites. QC slashes monster of red tape in business registration


Applying for permits for new business now just takes three easy steps in Quezon City: application, assessment and payment. Come with complete documents on application time, and you get your permit on the same day. “This is the Quezon City government’s immediate response to the challenge of President Benigno Aquino III, to reduce red tape in business registration,” explains City Mayor Herbert Bautista.

 

Mayor Bautista formally launched the City’s Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) on August 20, 2010, to unveil the results of continuing reforms and improvements in making the city more business friendly.

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Quezon City

Philippines’ media center…shopping locus…health and wellness capital…information and technology hub


Quezon City is the largest of Metro Manila's cities in population and land area. At 160 square kilometers, it is an urban landscape spread over one-fourth of the Philippines' metropolitan area. Its expansive lands, reasonably priced real estate, strategic location and large consumer market are immediate plus factors for business.

It is a city of the young. About half of its 2.68 million population are less than 24 years old. Strengthening the capacity of its young population are about 65 colleges and universities, among them the prestigious University of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University, and countless training centers and early childhood learning facilities.

Cost-effective business location. Its large consumer market and manpower pool has attracted some 58,196 business establishments to locate in Quezon City. Finding the city a cost-effective location are business process outsourcing (BPOs) companies, who find real estate values very competitive and areas available for business very expansive. Among the ICT companies that have chosen to expand in Quezon City are IBM, eTelecare, Convergys, SITEL and Sykes Asia.

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SOCA2010

View full text of the Mayor's 2010 State of the City Address

Download SOCA 2010 PDF version

Download Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte's Inaugural Address
at the Opening of the 18th Quezon City Council

Special Publications

2010 Tax Payment Deadlines

BOSS
(Business One Stop Shop) Simplified Registration Process for New Businesses

Official Launching
Press Release


Total Permits Issued as of
August 31, 2010

2010 - 46,739
2009 - 37,601

Total permits for New Businesses: 8,870

Total permits for Renewals: 36,782