SME News
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2021-02-04
As MCO 2.0 gets extended, industries again band together to criticise Putrajaya’s lack of clarity, plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 - A coalition of 43 trade groups under the Industries Unite banner have once again raised concerns over the lack of a long-term recovery plan for small-medium enterprises (SME). The associations said up until now there is ...
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2021-02-04
Govt channelled RM1.22b under Penjana SME financing scheme, says finance minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 - The government has approved 6,404 applications involving RM1.22 billion under the National Economic Recovery Plan’s (Penjana) small and medium enterprise (SME) financing scheme as of January 22, said Finance Minister Datuk...
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2021-02-04
MCO 2.0 has shuttered two-thirds of small businesses in Malaysia, and that’s just tip of iceberg, retail group warns
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 - Close to a third of small retail businesses have “collapsed” in the three weeks since the government enforced a second round of the movement control order (MCO) with more likely to fold if curbs are prolonged, t...
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2021-02-04
Malaysians need to adopt other facets of digital technology, says MDEC
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) aspires that Malaysians adopt other facets of the digital technology, not just the frontline such as e-commerce, but also digitisation of the business processes and all the innovation that...
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2021-02-04
Industry experts optimistic about future of digital economy in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 - Malaysia underwent rapid digitalisation last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, wherein a survey by Google found that one in three Malaysians turned to digital services for the first time ever to access essential services like g...