SME News
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2024-03-26
Alibaba gaining popularity among European SME buyers
Alibaba is making targeted efforts to attract European SMEs. According to the company itself, it has been successful: the number of SME buyers from Germany has increased by 14 percent in the past six months. Additionally, more and more British SMEs a...
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2024-03-25
Fostering SME growth with science and tech tools
Cambodia commemorated its 2nd National Day of Science, Technology & Innovation (STI Day 2024), marking a significant milestone in the nation’s quest for technological advancement and economic growth. The event, being held from yesterday ...
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2024-03-23
China loosens cross-border data rules to ease business pressure
CHINA relaxed rules governing cross-border data flows by narrowing the kinds of data that require security evaluation, addressing a key concern of foreign businesses who have said the previous regulation disrupted their operations. Information whi...
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2024-03-21
Hong Kong SMEs eager to adopt AI, robotics and other technologies despite costs and skills gap: HSBC survey
Hong Kong’s small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) are tapping into new technologies like AI to help run their businesses, as the growing availability of such tools – some of which are cheap or even free – helps them save time and...
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2024-03-21
SME appetite for external funding is rising, commercial brokers say
Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of commercial brokers have noted an increase in demand for external funding from SME borrowers, a lender’s survey showed. The ‘SME Pulse’ survey from Atom Bank covering Q1 found this was notably hi...