SME News
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2021-03-15
Private consumption rising
PETALING JAYA: The increase in private consumption, on top of it benefiting from the low base last year, will be more evident from the second quarter of the year. MIDF Research attributed this to the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme which ...
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2021-03-15
Government should enable a conducive environment for digitalisation
The objectives for digitalisation in the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint cover a wide scope, ranging from a digitalisation guide for companies to reviews on intellectual property (IP) and tax frameworks. Overall, it aims to create digital...
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2021-03-15
‘Offer incentives to employers’
PETALING JAYA: Business groups have called on employers to encourage all their workers to register for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) for public health benefit and to hasten economic recovery. To expedite registration, Associat...
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2021-03-11
MEF not in favour of plan to raise Socso contribution
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) is not in favour with the proposal to raise Socso contributions, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said the timing of the proposal was no...
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2021-03-11
Govt approves RM1.315bil under PENJANA SME financing scheme
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has approved 6,973 applications involving loans worth RM1.315 billion under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing scheme as at Feb 26, 2021 compared with RM1.258 billion...