IFC to help SME sector growth

Sri Lanka's small and medium enterprise sector will be better positioned to obtain much needed financial assistance through the local banking sector following the launch of South Asia Enterprise Development Facility, a multidonor technical assistance programme carried out by the International Finance Corporation.

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Record increase in Iran - Lanka trade ties

The volume of two way trade between Iran and Sri Lanka has increased by over 400 per cent in the last decade, Minister of Trade and Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Marketing Development and Highways Jeyaraj Fernandopulle said yesterday.

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French investors assist local SME sector with new projects

A group of French Small and Medium Entrepreneurs involved in the automobile, technology and wine industry arrived in Sri Lanka last week. They will explore possibilities of starting joint ventures and also contribute towards humanitarian projects in the South affected by the tsunami.

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