SME News
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2020-10-16
CMCO: Businesses in Selangor, KL gear up for another dip in revenue while some spin new strategies
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Business owners in Klang Valley have once again gone into the “panic mode” following the reimplementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) for two weeks from Wednesday. Although the governme...
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2020-10-16
Work-from-home hurdle for firms
PETALING JAYA: Businesses are still unprepared to go full swing into work-from-home mode, and the government is partly to blame. SME Association of Malaysia president Datuk Michael Kang said the government failed to provide the incentives to promp...
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2020-10-15
Small businesses relieved still able to operate under CMCO, but expect drop in sales with less footfall
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — As the conditional movement control order (CMCO) came into force in Klang Valley yesterday, some small business owners expressed concern of making ends meet in the coming weeks as people are being told to stay at home. ...
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2020-10-15
Digitalisation: The key survival skill for SMEs under Covid-19
The Movement Control Order (MCO), first imposed in Malaysia in mid-March to flatten the Covid-19 curve forced SMEs to embrace digitalisation and go online, to cope with office closures, restricted movement and supply interruption. Looking to survi...
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2020-10-15
Around 480,000 individuals and 34,400 SMEs get repayment aid
Banking institutions have facilitated requests for repayment assistance for about 480,000 individuals and 34,400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in sectors affected by the Covid-19 pandemic following the end of the six-month blanket loan moratori...