REGISTER FOR MARKET ACCESS LAGOS & ABUJA, HOSTED BY EDC.

The event is a platform that brings together Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) and large companies to network, start relationships and create opportunities to "BUY" the goods and services of the SGBs. The networking event bridges the gap and helps facilitate market access to Small and Growing Businesses thereby promoting SME growth in Nigeria.

The 2015 Market Access kicked off in Port Harcourt on the 30th of April 2015 with the theme-

"Enhancing SME growth through Access to Market."

Join the train now as it moves to Abuja and Lagos respectively.

Abuja

Date: Thursday, 15th of October 2015

Time: 9.30am – 1pm

Venue: Barcelona Hotel, 20 Blantyre Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.

Lagos

Date: Thursday, 5th of November , 2015

Time: 9.30am – 1pm

Venue: Havilah House of Events, 6 Chief Yesufu Abiodun Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, VI

"Market Access Nigeria was launched in May 2012 by the former Hon Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Olusegun Aganga. The Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan-Atlantic University and the Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited (ETISALAT) in collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) organizes the event".

Participation is free but subject to early confirmation.

To register, kindly send the following details to marketaccess@pau.edu.ng or call 08174583175

Full Name, Company name, Product/Service , email address and Phone number.

Abuja- Registration closes 10th of October 2015

Lagos – Registration closes 31st of October 2015

POWER-UP YOUR BUSINESS WITH HIRE PURCHASE OPTION by Don Abiodun Odedeyi

Hire purchase (HP) is a type of asset finance that allows firms or individuals to possess and control an asset during an agreed term, while paying rent or installments covering depreciation of the asset, and interest to cover capital cost.

Assets are defined as anything of monetary value that is owned by a firm or an individual.

HP is a financing solution suitable for businesses wishing to purchase assets without paying the full value immediately. The customer pays an initial deposit, with the remainder of the balance and interest paid over a period of time. On completion, ownership of the asset transfers to the customer.

The use of HP or leasing is particularly common in industries where expensive machinery is required, such as construction, manufacturing, plant hire, printing, road freight, transport, engineering and professional services but can be used in Nigeria to alleviate, extensively, the challenges faced by small and medium scale businesses.