SME News
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2020-09-03
This Vertical Farm Was Born in the Pandemic. Sales Are Up.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The setup of the two friends’ agricultural venture was unusual. Their farm sat next to a gas station, inside a shipping container where the plants grew in vertically stacked shelves. And the timing of their first ...
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2020-09-03
Chance for shoppers to do their bit for Penang’s economy
Shop locally and put money back into the state’s economy as this helps keep businesses afloat which in turn preserves countless livelihoods. That was the rallying call of Penang domestic and international trade, consumer affairs and ent...
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2020-09-02
Stamp duty exemptions for M&As among SMEs
The government is providing a stamp duty exemption to Malaysian-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for merger and acquisition (M&A) activities, aimed to build the capacity of local companies and support SMEs affected in the current la...
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2020-09-02
MDEC, Mastercard ink MoU to support digital initiatives
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) especially in the rural and suburban areas will soon be able to secure loans from banks and be exposed to e-commerce with the roll-out of Malaysia’s digital economy initiative. Such an opport...
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2020-09-02
MIDF scheme for SMEs to adopt digitisation
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd (MIDF), through its Development Finance Division (DFD), has introduced the Soft Financing Scheme for Digital and Technology (SFDT). The SFDT, channelled through the International Trade and...