SME News
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2022-06-14
Country's economy showing positive growth, says Muhyiddin
PUTRAJAYA: The economic recovery of the country is ongoing and showing positive growth, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Speaking at a press conference after the 6th National Recovery Council (NRC) meeting on Tuesday (June 14), the NRC chairman said...
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2022-06-14
Struggling to cope, small businesses don’t see need for ESG standards, say experts
PETALING JAYA: Experts are at odds over the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) post-pandemic. A group of panellists at the Malaysian Economic Summit 2022 noted today that while w...
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2022-06-14
Malaysia's labour, productivity data misleading, says economist
KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): There is a need for Malaysia to recognise the fact that the labour data, and a great deal of the productivity data, are actually quite misleading in order to grasp the actual economic situation, said economist&n...
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2022-06-14
Proactiveness, risk-taking key to family business governance
PETALING JAYA: Strong entrepreneurial drive, a high level of socioemotional wealth and motivational leadership styles are key to the sustained performance of family businesses, according to a survey by KPMG Private Enterprise and the STEP P...
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2022-06-13
Tourists are back, but not workers
GEORGE TOWN: A shortage of skilled workers in the hospitality sector is hitting the tourism sector at a time when it is seeing an upswing in business, and is threatening to get worse by the year end. As local and foreign visitors rush back to hots...