{"id":25270,"date":"2011-01-17T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=25270"},"modified":"2011-01-17T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T13:16:24","slug":"officials-contemplate-small-business-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/officials-contemplate-small-business-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials contemplate small business act"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10562\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10562\" title=\"alvinBernard_togetherwemust_net\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/alvinBernard_togetherwemust_net.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/alvinBernard_togetherwemust_net.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/alvinBernard_togetherwemust_net-103x113.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernard. * Photo credit:togetherwemust.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A decision may be taken in due course on the need for a small business act for Dominica<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Commerce and Diaspora Affairs has discussed intentions to meet stakeholders of the small business sector to settle the matter, government senator Alvin Bernard has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a number of years, there has been a debate on whether there is a need for such an act. The argument has been made that the existing fiscal incentives act is adequate for small businesses; the view has also been advanced that what is needed is a clear policy framework governing the operations of the sector,\u201d Bernard said.<\/p>\n<p>He has described the matter as a concern for those involved in small business development and said it must be \u201cput to rest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there\u2019s been a request for the Ministry of Trade to coordinate meetings with \u201crelevant stakeholders, so as to bring this matter to conclusion\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A decision may be taken in due course on the need for a small business act for Dominica The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Commerce and Diaspora Affairs has discussed intentions to meet stakeholders of the small business sector to settle&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":10562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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