small business development

Small Business Development

One of the key goals of the Free National Movement is the removal, for all time, of the dependency syndrome, so carefully cultivated by the previous administration which stultified individual entrepreneurship and the growth of small business.
The Free National Movement believes in the empowerment of the small man and woman so that each may achieve economic independence. The Free National Movement also believes that a vibrant small business sector can provide the basis of a fully-employed Bahamas.

creation of opportunities for independent entrepreneurs who provide both goods and services in our economy and, very importantly, to the international sectors of the economy, that is, to the tourism and financial services sectors.

During its first term in office, the Free National Movement Government made considerable progress by shaping an environment necessary for job creation. As a result, 14,000 new jobs have been created since 1992.