SME News
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2020-04-04
SME develops platform to create more digitally connected smart homes
Living Lab 2.0 will be a first-of-a-kind, agile and scalable real-world test environment for businesses innovating in the UK home energy market by upgrading existing homes. UK-based software development company SysMech has been selected by Energ...
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2020-04-03
Business sentiment sinks to survey’s all-time low on Covid-19 uncertainties
SINGAPORE - The business outlook of Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has plunged and will deteriorate further from the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic slowdown triggered, going by a quarterly industry survey rele...
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2020-04-03
Saudi Digital Market Place SARY Boosted by Covid-19 Driven Demand
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's digital marketplace Sary, which connects small businesses with merchant wholesalers, has secured $6.6 million in financing to boost expansion as coronavirus-driven demand for essential goods boosts appetite for its s...
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2020-04-03
Coronavirus stimulus : Banks say they are waiting on guidelines for SMEs loans
Banks are asking for more guidance from the U.S. Treasury as they get ready for thousands of businesses to tap into the government’s $349 billion small business loan stimulus plan. The Payroll Protection Plan, part of the $2 trillion package...
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2020-04-03
Food processing units among SMEs reopen
Around 40% of the 500 small and medium enterprises in Ernakulam district engaged in food processing have resumed operations after the State government decided to allow food processors to begin work. The government decision is aimed at ensuring availa...