MANAMA: A call for rescheduling of loans taken by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to overcome the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is among 65 recommendations resulting from discussions led by Bahrain’s main business body last week.
Held virtually, the second edition of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (BCCI) annual conference of sectoral committees has drafted a plan of recovery and post-pandemic growth which includes providing focused support to the most affected sectors, stimulating mergers and acquisitions and establishing funds and new stock trading platforms to enable easier and cheaper access to capital for business .