Permanent Secretary of Agriculture Colonel Mason Smith has called on entrepreneurs to think outside the box as he launched this year’s Fiji Development Small Business Awards with the theme AImproving lives and building smiles".
Colonel Smith said that small entrepreneurs need to be innovative and create new business ideas rather than the cut throat business of canteens, taxi or yaqona business that is common nowadays.
He added that if small businesses are to succeed, entrepreneurs must be aware of the pitfalls that can threaten the survival of their business.
Business that are 100 percent locally owned and turning over up to $100,000 in gross sales per annum are encouraged to enter the awards and will compete for the major categories in agriculture, wholesale/retail, manufacturing, professional services, an open category, tourism and the overall prize of the FDB 2010 Small Business award.
Entries close on the 24th September.
Story by: Sofaia Koroitanoa
Agriculture encourages entrepreneurs to be innovative
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