WHILE the economic recovery has boosted sales among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), these businesses are facing labour shortage, which has become a stumbling block for them to grow and tap rising business opportunities.
In fact, labour shortage...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Finance is studying
ways to simplify loan application processes to new entrepreneurs, said
Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.
He said the ministry received feedback from ...
The SMI Association of Malaysia, recognising the importance of
contributions from small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) to the
economy, will organise the National SME Economic Transformation
Conference 2010 on September ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The SMI Association of Malaysia,
recognising the importance of the contributions by the small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) to the economy, will organise the National SME
Economic Transformation Conference 2010...
CREATING
the enabling environment to facilitate trade and promote investments is a
top priority of countries in their quest to maintain economic growth
and remain competitive.
Over the years, countries unilaterally or
through regional collab...
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been facing problems such as
financing, talent management, risk management, market access and market
penetration.
Hence, it is no surprise that recently the SMI Association of Malaysia had called for the ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun
Razak on Saturday called on the Malaysian Chinese community to play a
leading role in helping the country to become a high-income economy.
He said they must play that role th...
HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd has launched the HSBC Living Business seminar
series, which is intended to help small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) become more competitive and productive. In a statement yesterday,
HSBC said the programme will he...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri
Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday announced the 'Teman 1Azam' grant of RM4.7
million to be given to 946 women entrepreneurs in the country.
He said those who were selected comprised partici...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- The Women, Family and Community
Development Ministry has allocated a RM500,000 grant to women
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to organise empowerment programmes
for women.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Shahriz...
PUTRAJAYA: The Government is conducting a series of awareness
programmes to ensure the smooth implementation of the goods and services
tax (GST), said Finance Ministry tax review panel chairman Datuk
Kamariah Hussain.
“We have conducted ...
GOODS and services tax (GST) is the tax that everyone is talking
about but is probably the most misunderstood tax in this current
economic climate. The deferment of GST caused ripples in the current
climate. Where does GST go from here? Has the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- A Task Force on Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises (SMEs) proposed by the International Trade and
Industry Ministry will be set up to address SMEs' problems.
National President of SMI Association of Malaysia C...
It hopes the Miti initiative will help resolve issues faced by SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR: SMI Association of Malaysia hopes to be part of a
small and medium enterprise (SME) task force to be set up by
International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) to...
BANKS are expecting stronger revenue from the small and medium
enterprise (SME) segment, with higher loans growth this year underpinned
by various government initiatives to assist SMEs.
Given the
surge in business activity, banks are confident...
KUALA
LUMPUR: The inaugural Star Outstanding Business Awards (SOBA) 2010 came
to its climax last night with the presentation of the awards by Second
Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah.
Held
at The Royale Chulan hotel i...
KUCHING: The SME Solutions Expo 2010 is set to prepare businesses,
especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the high income
economy, as envisioned in the New Economic Model (NEM).The expo was officiated by Datuk Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim...
SINGAPORE, Thursday 5 August 2010
(Bernama) -- The "wait-and-see" attitude among Singapore businessmen to
invest in Malaysia is over, said International Trade and Industry
Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
He said Singaporean companies no...
DUBAI, August 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysian small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) and their counterparts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
especially Dubai, can look forward to more business linkages and
opportunities in the future.
This has been m...
