We recognise that there are financial restraints on Councils, so we are not calling for costly
interventions to assist business. However, in the spirit of asking what Councils can do for business,
we are urging elected members and their officials to use their resources and endeavours to remove
barriers so that doing business can be made easier; to consider how things might be done differently
and better to support SMEs; and to put real effort into growing the business base right across
Northern Ireland.