SME News
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2021-07-28
Selangor Accelerator Programme to focus on new norms biz
The Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corp (Sidec) announce its Fourth Cohort of the Selangor Accelerator Programme 2021 yesterday, focusing on opportunities created under the new norms such as Agrotech, Fintech, Greentech, e-Commer...
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2021-07-28
SME's contribution to GDP down 7.3% in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). It said the contraction was h...
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2021-07-28
Simplify tax rules for SMEs to boost growth, says think tank
PETALING JAYA: The Center for Market Education (CME) has proposed that the government impose a simpler tax system for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a move that would boost the growth of firms. In a newly released policy brief titled ...
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2021-07-28
Calling for flexible Covid-19 SOPs, rating firm suggests arguable MCO 1.0 worked
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) called on the government to give businesses the flexibility to tailor their own Covid-19 measures, arguing that blanket lockdowns don’t work and are grossly inefficien...
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2021-07-28
Corporate appetite for hiring recovers but uncertainties remain due to prolonged lockdown
PETALING JAYA: Appetite for hiring in Malaysia appears to have significantly returned, with the number of job listings in the second quarter of 2021 rising to 116% that of the previous quarter and 228% that of the second quarter of 2020, accordi...