Against the backdrop of concerns being expressed by existing and aspiring small business owners that the Small Business Bureau needs to raise its game if it is to effectively serve the interests of the small business sector, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ramsay Ali, on Thursday August 3, used the occasion of the GMSA’s Gala Dinner to call on government to afford the business support body a “seat” at the SBB table. This, he said, is in order to allow for the GMSA to use its experience to “add value” to the state-run agency. “We have heard that the Small Business Bureau is being reengineered and being reexamined and we are asking that we should be part of those discussions. We can add value to the Small Business Bureau on the way it is being managed. I am not saying that it is being mismanaged, I am just saying that because, we, – our clientele being a part of this organization, – should be part of the discussion,” Ali told the gathering of mostly business owners and administrators.
