The enterprise body said 11,027 businesses were founded with its assistance in the 12 months to March 2012.
That was a decline of 1.9% from the 11,242 recorded in the prior period but still the second highest since the agency was formed in 2003.
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Fewer start-ups helped by Business Gateway
BUSINESS Gateway has seen the number of companies it has helped to form falling slightly from the record high of the previous year.
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