Heritage Bank Limited has announced plans to host its maiden business fair to support the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country.

The two-day exhibition is one of the activities to mark the bank’s 2014 customer service week scheduled for October.

Explaining the rationale behind the maiden Business Fair, Group Head, SME, Heritage Banking Company Limited, Bayo Ogunnusi said, it is being organised in line with the bank’s vision of promoting economic development through supports for SMEs.

He added, in a statement that the business exhibition would be value driven, saying the bank has concluded plans to partner Google, Microsoft among others.

“There will be a lot of value-added offerings by Heritage Bank to the participating organisations. There will be business clinic, funfair, networking, MasterCard utilization and opportunity for non-card holders to open their accounts.

“Google and Microsoft will be on hand to guide business owners on how to take their businesses to the next level,” he explained.

The two-day business exhibition is scheduled to take place on October 9th and 10th in Lagos.