SME News
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2022-02-23
Baker-Polito Administration Launches New $75 Million Small Business Relief Program
BROCKTON – Today, February 23, the Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of a new $75 million grant program to support Massachusetts small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new program is part of the pla...
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2022-02-23
On Main Street, the need to take on more debt is rising with inflation
Price increases have been challenging for Superfit Hero, an independent plus-sized activewear brand. The Los Angeles-based company typically buys fabric from a local vendor that imports the material from Taiwan, then works with a local factory. But s...
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2022-02-22
PH urged to ride on QR technology
The Philippines should ride on the use of QR technology to help local merchants reach more customers here and abroad, according to a leading global payments technology company. Bryan Tiongson, Global Payments country head of the Philippines (GPPH)...
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2022-02-22
Hong Kong’s ‘zero business’ Covid rules sink small operators
HONG KONG: Jessica Kong has kept her Hong Kong bubble tea shop afloat through two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but painful restrictions to battle the city’s worst outbreak have finally dealt her business a fatal blow. Sales at Kong’...
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2022-02-22
India’s giving inflation room to grow, but that may bite
Inflation is getting a free pass in India. Policy makers seem to believe that by not raising interest rates and letting prices bubble up for a bit they will encourage investment and employment and boost post-pandemic growth. In reality, however, the ...