he Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) of the Department of Trade and Industry provides production-related and skills development training programs, technical assistance, facility servicing, and consultation services for the country’s furniture, gifts and housewares, fine jewelry, and leather footwear industries. CITC’s 2009 training program for SMEs are subsidized by the government thus participants only have [...]
The usual problem of would-be entrepreneurs in starting a business is where to source financing. However, this is not only a problem for those starting a business. One thing common in start-up and established enterprises is financial constraint. Businesses cannot expand or even sustain itself if financing is a problem.
If you have decided to start your own business, then the next things you nedd to know are where to get technical assistance, where and how to acquire loans, where to get help in marketing, etc. The Department of Trade and Industry has compiled all these information in a handbook on Programs and Services for [...]