SME News
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2021-07-29
Small businesses take RM40.7bil hit during MCO
PETALING JAYA: Small businesses lost RM40.7 billion during the movement control order last year, suffering an average loss of RM35,000 each. More than 70% of the entrepreneurs are in the B40 category with very little savings and without any employ...
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2021-07-28
Govt urged to improve teaching, learning facilities for STEM in rural schools
KUCHING (July 28): The government should take steps to improve teaching and learning facilities and resources for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in rural schools, said Orang Ulu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OUCCI) presid...
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2021-07-28
Workers urged to get jabbed
PETALING JAYA: More companies are taking measures to make sure their workers are fully vaccinated, including allowing only those who have been inoculated to enter the workplace. They said this was in support of the government’s objective to ...
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2021-07-28
PRIORITY ON SHORING UP SMEs
The term “workplace cluster” insinuates that factories are a hotspot of coronavirus infection but employers have pointed out that these places are not Covid-19 ground zero. Employers reiterate that the source of infection is usual...
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2021-07-28
New business strategy helps food truck operator to withstand pandemic pressure
PUTRAJAYA: While many entrepreneurs have caved in to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of petty traders here have managed to keep going after tweaking their business strategies. One of them Siti Rafitah Rakhimi, 37, who operat...