SME News
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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...
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2024-03-21
FIFO Capital CEO says too many SMEs miss out on support measures
Australian small businesses have not been supported through economic turmoil in the way they should have been, FIFO Capital CEO Wayne Morris says, as robust interest rates and the cost of doing business weigh on countless enterprises across the count...