In a year when the growth of the small business sector was inhibited by several constraints, not least the scarcity of material resources for the growth of emerging enterprises, limited access to technology and training necessary for the qualitative enhancement of the manufacturing sector, limited access to opportunities to expose products to overseas markets and limitations associated with the ability of some businesses to produce the volumes necessary to generate meaningful returns, the Stabroek Business wishes to pay tribute to those state-run and private sector entities which, in its opinion demonstrated genuine and sustained interest on the small business sector.
We concede that our selections may not exhaust the list of entities that demonstrated an interest in supporting the development of the sector. These, however, due, perhaps, to the aggression and tenacity with which they worked caught our attention and in our opinion are deserving of commendation:
