Reacting to the recent disclosure in the Stabroek Business, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ramsay Ali, is to meet with senior government officials to discuss a closer relationship between the manufacturing body and the state-run Small Business Bureau (SBB). Several small-business owners have told this newspaper that they would welcome the GMSA playing a role in helping the SBB to develop an enhanced appreciation of the “culture” of small businesses and to adopt their own modus operandi to better respond to small-business needs.
After it had been disclosed that an understanding had been reached regarding a meeting between Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Senior Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ashni Singh, the Stabroek Business spoke with seven (7) small-business owners, three of whom had previously spoken with the publication regarding what they referred to as the sloth associated with engaging the SBB on matters pertaining to state support for their business enterprises.