SME News
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2020-08-08
Agribusinesses asked to take advantage of AGRA's Dealroom
Small and Medium Enterprises in agriculture, looking for funds to increase production have been asked to take advantage of the newly launched Agribusiness deal room that will take place between the 8th to 11th September to attract investor...
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2020-08-07
Virus hastens newspapers’ slide into a shaky digital future
PARIS: The coronavirus crisis has weighed heavily on print newspapers already battling for survival around the world, with the number of copies sold tumbling while less profitable digital readerships surge. Simply delivering printed papers to...
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2020-08-07
Small-business owners are wary as relief program ends
In early April, three weeks after Connecticut issued shutdown orders, Ken Bodenstein borrowed $148,000 from the federal government to help cover payroll expenses at the Westport day care center he runs with his wife, Kristen. The small-business lo...
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2020-08-07
Govt plans to create 'social microfinance organisation' for women, small businesses: Nitin Gadkari
The government is planning to create a deposit-taking 'social microfinance organisation' to disburse loans of up to Rs 10 lakh to women and small entrepreneurs quickly, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said. The idea came up during a di...
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2020-08-06
COVID-19 has hit SMEs in South Africa’s food sector hard. What can be done to help them
COVID-19 has prompted widespread discussion of the resilience of food systems and how efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood. Recent decades have seen the growth of increasingly complex food value chains. These are underpinned...