EDITORIAL: Paying SMEs on time now an even more urgent issue
State departments are still not giving small companies their due, in what amounts to a crippling trend
08 May 2020 - 05:10
Small business in most countries is the engine of economic growth, creating thousands of jobs.
Yet the sector is vulnerable and plagued by difficulties, especially in such a highly concentrated economy such as SA where barriers to entry into markets are high and the red tape imposed on starting a business is onerous...
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