SME News
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2022-05-11
Pepper Labs to empower, sustain B40 communities
PEPPER Labs is helping the bottom 40% (B40) community recover and rehabilitate after the floods and the pandemic via its skill training and development programme (STDP). The social enterprise has trained over 500 B40 individuals through...
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2022-05-11
Bank Negara increases OPR to 2pc, domestic economic growth is on firmer footing
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to increase the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.00 per cent. The central bank said the ceiling and floor rates of the corridor of the OP...
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2022-05-10
‘No dancing’ rule expected when nightclubs reopen
PETALING JAYA: Dancing may not be allowed when nightclubs reopen on Sunday (May 15) after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus, but business leaders say that may be exactly what the ailing industry needs to get back on its feet. While regulations for the sa...
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2022-05-10
Pandemic entrepreneurs go back to day jobs as Covid-19 retreats
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — When Covid-19 hit the country hard, some Malaysians turned to cottage industries and home businesses to survive when repeated lockdowns prevented them from continuing with their usual work. With Malaysia transitioning ...
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2022-05-10
Full labour market recovery unlikely for now
PETALING JAYA: Uncertainty surrounding geopolitical tensions, new coronavirus variants, and intensified business costs suggests that a full labour market recovery back to pre-pandemic levels is unlikely for now, according to UOB Research, even as Mal...