{"id":29235,"date":"2026-04-07T19:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29235"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:19:36","slug":"govt-launches-first-2026-community-business-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/govt-launches-first-2026-community-business-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t launches first 2026 Community Business Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-to boost small enterprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Celestine Chacon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce officially launched its first Community Business Clinic of 2026 at Westminster Secondary School in Region Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Business Clinic is a one-stop-shop initiative that brings together a wide range of government agencies and departments, enabling participants to complete required registrations and certifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participating regulatory agencies include the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards, the Guyana Tourism Authority, and the Small Business Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"29239\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/665341093_1356132606546982_492109281788163666_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/665341093_1356132606546982_492109281788163666_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/665341093_1356132606546982_492109281788163666_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/665341093_1356132606546982_492109281788163666_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/665341093_1356132606546982_492109281788163666_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"29238\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666733546_1356131679880408_4882247068948027583_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666733546_1356131679880408_4882247068948027583_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666733546_1356131679880408_4882247068948027583_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666733546_1356131679880408_4882247068948027583_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666733546_1356131679880408_4882247068948027583_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are joined by the Local Content Secretariat, the GRA, the Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority, the National Insurance Scheme, and the Ministry\u2019s Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her keynote remarks, Minister Rodrigues, acknowledged that traveling to Georgetown to access various services can be both challenging and time-consuming, but emphasised the Government\u2019s commitment to decentralising these services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>When you think about going down to camp street, you have to find parking, go in a line who I am going to encounter, if they will have a bad attitude, good attitude. Today you have representatives sitting in the auditorium from GRA, NIS\u2026 you are very privilege to have the services come to you<\/strong>,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666864075_1356133719880204_2120050877626531299_n-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666864075_1356133719880204_2120050877626531299_n-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666864075_1356133719880204_2120050877626531299_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666864075_1356133719880204_2120050877626531299_n-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/666864075_1356133719880204_2120050877626531299_n.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Susan Rodrigues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister also highlighted that access to financing is set to improve with the upcoming launch of the Guyana Development Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>We<\/strong> <strong>have set aside USD$100 million for the issuance of loans of up to three million dollars, collateral free ,interest free for small businesses<\/strong>,&#8221; she reminded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More Business Clinics are earmarked to be held across the country this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-to boost small enterprises -by Celestine Chacon The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce officially launched its first Community Business Clinic of 2026 at Westminster Secondary School in Region Three.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,366,350],"tags":[488,370,442,412,405,514],"class_list":["post-29235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-local-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-tourism-industry-and-commerce","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-small-businesses"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29240,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29235\/revisions\/29240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}