Delegates from across the Caribbean attended this month's Annual Conference of the Association of Small Business Development Centers in Orlando to discuss how to further the SME sector in their own countries.

As the government prepares to roll out its wide-ranging tax reform programme, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Michael Halkitis today assured the financial community that the new regime will "meet the increasingly complex financial needs of our nation [and] underpin enhanced economic growth prospects for the future."