Ms Geraldine Kelly:

The matter in respect of which we all possibly need to assist each other is that which relates to people seeking the option of sustaining their existing enterprises. As stated, 60% of our work relates to new enterprises, but we also support existing ones. We want them to see what we have to offer as a way to help them to sustain their enterprises. This is broader than access to finance or training and mentoring and involves business people identifying real opportunities for their enterprises and seeing a demand for their products and services. This is much wider in scope than we can influence. However, because we can identify opportunities in all of these areas, we are of the view that what we can influence is going to encourage the retention of existing jobs and the creation of new ones in this category.