Trinidad and Tobago is crediting its seed loans, grants and training from business chambers and state agencies in the Twin Island Republic for what the business community says has been a vibrant resurgence of retail business activity in San Fernando and its surroundings. What is being described as the city’s “return to life” for the retail sector is being attributed to increased start-up loans, grants and training from business chambers and state agencies.
Among the local business support entities that have received praise for their contributions to the recovery of small businesses is the country’s National Enterprise Development Company Ltd (NEDCO), whose contribution to the revival initiative came in the form of loans initials. Other contributions came from the country’s Unit Trust Corporation in the form of grants and from the Entrepreneurship Policy Advisors (EPAs), who have been providing instructive guidance in the areas of business growth and development.