Age and ethnic restaurant visiting frequency - Theseus

53Varkaus people but another respondent focused on choosing a good location, decorationof restaurant and provide good services. Fourth respondents saw need ofbuilding up people trust and taste and provide quality service with quality product. Allfour respondents had common voice over their current business situation. They allare having hard time in business and business is downsizing.They all had got idea about establishing process of business from local office of EnterprisesAgency Finland which is located in Navitas building. Two of them have takenloan from Finnish government agency FINNVERA but rests have from bank. Oneof respondents has also got grant money in the beginning for period of one year fromemployment office to run business. While answering about challenge of ethnic restaurantin Varkaus Three respondents included small city as challenge of ethnic restaurant.One of respondents thought that price war among ethnic restaurant is morechallenging than other factors. Another respondent explained that people’s taste andtrust has not build up yet and cultural issues are more challenging to ethnic restaurantand hi added up that unavailability of required work force also affecting businessperformance. One respondents focused on spending power of people is weakeningand unemployment is hitting business hard. But one respondent had totally differentview; he thought racism is great threat for ethnic business here in Varkaus.When the important question of this research, what do you suggest if someone wantsto open ethnic restaurant in Varkaus was being asked, they all answered in commonvoice. In their opinion, overall industry is having hard time at the moment and ethnicrestaurant are the first one to be affected from that. It’s not time to establish an ethnicrestaurant, if someone is keen to establish they recommended waiting and seeing thesituation at the moment. If everything goes well than may be later it could be possibleto establish an ethnic restaurant.4.4. Example of a Personal Experience in Business EstablishmentWhile doing research, business establishment process in Finland was discussed witha person who had experience of running a business in Finland. He explained thatestablishing a business never can be an easy task everyone should have precautionand enough information about concerned field. As mostly theory part already beenexplained in previous chapter, his experience in practical matters have been explainedin this chapter. The following are important things which should take in toconsideration before starting a business in Varkaus so far as his experience.