SME News
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2020-09-30
Brendan O’Connor: The Morrison government is dragging its heels on a plan to promote growth, create jobs and support small businesses
Last week, former deputy prime minister of Australia, and current member of the Morrison government, Barnaby Joyce, made a number of contemptuous comments to small businesses, lecturing them to stop relying on welfare to survive and “stand on t...
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2020-09-30
Kenya's women entrepreneurs lack access to capital, study finds
Raising start-up capital is one of the biggest challenges for women entrepreneurs in Kenya's key manufacturing sector, with banks requiring collateral that most of them do not have, a new study has found. Most women work or run businesses in t...
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2020-09-30
SME Bank comes up short on loans
The Ministry of Economy and Finance wants to ease loan requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the State-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank) and offer more financial resources to boost production. ...
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2020-09-30
Society of Motor Manufacturers steps in to save SME automotive apprentice jobs
The scheme comes as the government-funded furlough scheme is poised to end in a month’s time, to be replaced by new measures to support short time working. The SMMT Apprentice Support Programme earmarks £100,000 to cover all or part of...
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2020-09-30
Bank of Georgia offers new project for SMEs
Bank of Georgia has created a space specifically for 4,000 SME members to empower them to find special offers on services they need and are interested in, and to have access to free consulting services exclusively for them, Trend reports via Georgian...