A few things should be said, bluntly, about the now concluded Small Business Week. The first is that (as we say in Guyana) the noise in the market is not the sale. Of course, we must roundly congratulate the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on its initiative as well as express our appreciation to GTT for the contribution which it made to the initiative. Still, given the need for even more to be done to enhance the growth and development of the small business sector, we have a duty to ensure that a measure of continuity is added to what has been accomplished by Small Business Week. Certainly, there is a need for government to position itself to come to learn about the outcomes of the week of events and engagements and to make corresponding contributions to an initiative which, one assumes, is designed to further strengthen the country’s economy and to incrementally alleviate poverty. In an economic environment that is in the throes of rapid transformation, it would be to our considerable credit if we are able to ensure that the small business sector benefits as well.
