CRO and ISME officials appointed to advisory body

REPRESENTATIVES of the Credit Review Office (CRO) and ISME have been appointed to a new board aimed at improving communication flow between Government and small firms.

ISME, one of the main lobbyists for the small business community, has been highly critical of the CRO — whose role it is to monitor the flow of bank credit to SMEs — since its establishment last year.

Now, the heads of the two bodies — CRO’s John Trethowan and ISME chief Mark Fielding — will feature on the new Small Business Advisory Group, which has been established by Small Business Minister John Perry.