SME News
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2020-11-12
When small businesses in St. Louis can apply for new grants
ST. LOUIS — Small businesses in the City of St. Louis that have been impacted by COVID-19 will soon be able to begin applying for funding. The funding comes from $1.25 million in federal CARES Act funding that Mayor Lyda Krewson secured afte...
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2020-11-11
Banking experts will assess impact of COVID-19 on UK SMEs, new study
The financial risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the wake of COVID-19 is being investigated by researchers at Nottingham University Business School. The UK-wide study, in collaboration with the Bank of England, the Confederation o...
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2020-11-11
China's SMEs see stable recovery in October
Vitality and recovery of China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) kept improving in October as the country's relief policies generated more tangible benefits, the latest industry data showed. The Small and Medium Enterprises Devel...
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2020-11-11
Visa and Shopify partner up with S. Korean startups ministry to support SMEs
American credit-card firm Visa and Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify, whose online platform is used in over 170 countries, have agreed to support the online and overseas expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea. "So what...
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2020-11-11
New closures will be 'fatal' for thousands of small businesses, advocate warns
TORONTO -- Small businesses that survived the pandemic so far are now at risk of permanently closing if governments don’t do more to help them stay afloat in the second wave, with big corporations such as Costco and Walmart set to benefit most ...