SME News
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2024-04-14
Trade Minister Calls on Private Sector to Address SME Funding Challenges
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade Lucia Iipumbu has urged the private sector to develop funding mechanisms, especially tailored for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), addressing the challenges they face in accessing finance. Responding to ...
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2024-04-11
Europe's SMEs need one set of rules, report to say
EUROPE'S export-oriented small businesses should be offered a single regulatory framework with the same rules governing their activities wherever they operate in the region, a report to be presented to national leaders next week will propose...
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2024-04-11
The president of Federitaly to Nova: "SMEs ready to play a fundamental role in the Mattei Plan"
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the backbone of the Italian economy with 80 percent of employment and 67 percent of added value, are ready to "play a fundamental role" in the Mattei Plan for the development of Africa. It was said...
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2024-04-08
Singapore retail sales increase 8.4% in February
SINGAPORE: Retail sales were well up in February to record their second straight month of gains. Takings at the till rose 8.4% over February 2023 and came after a 1.6% rise year-on-year in January, noted the Department of Statistics on April 5. ...
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2024-04-08
Post-pandemic SME resilience tested by soaring inflation and limited subsidies
Amidst economic turbulence, UK SMEs have embarked on a challenging journey in recent years, contending with soaring inflation and regulatory complexities; however, glimmers of business support offer hope amidst the obstacles. Clearly the past few ...