Emerging women-led enterprises in the micro and small business sectors have told the Stabroek Business that state-provided and/or subsidized spaces where small businesses can trade their respective trades without having to worry about the prevailing cost of vending spaces is a high priority in a business environment in which start-ups and small businesses still seeking to ‘find their feet’ can significantly reduce the costs associated with plying their trade.
Concern among the seventeen women who participated in the Stabroek Business’ ‘telephone’ survey earlier this week were unanimous in the view that the high cost of trading spaces in the capital present a ‘major challenge’ to the emergence of women-led businesses in the city.