SME News
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2021-06-23
MCO 3.0: Penang Muslim Entrepreneurs Organisation calls for state govt to help SMEs, suggests measures
GEORGE TOWN, June 23 — The Penang government has been urged to focus more on solving problems faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the state. Penang Muslim Entrepreneurs Organisation (Usahawan), Datuk Muhamad Farid Saad said it ha...
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2021-06-23
Rental relief needed to save 59,000 small traders, says MP
PETALING JAYA: An MP has proposed a rental relief fund to assist small traders during the Covid-19 pandemic. Klang MP Charles Santiago said a relief fund with an allocation of RM1.7 billion could save more than 59,000 small traders and over 590,00...
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2021-06-23
Eyeing Post-Covid Recovery, Malaysia’s Small Businesses Go Digital
Saferizal lives in Sarawak, the largest of Malaysia’s 13 states, on the island of Borneo. His Covid-19 story is a familiar one: when the pandemic struck, the government’s “movement control order” forced his company to shut dow...
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2021-06-22
UPS extends footprint in Malaysia on back of e-commerce, logistics boom
Global shipping and supply chain management firm United Parcel Service (UPS) is set to extend its retail presence in Malaysia this year with a new partnership with ParcelHub, to capitalize on the region’s surging e-commerce and l...
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2021-06-22
Businesses in dire need of foreign workers
GEORGE TOWN: Cleaning services operator Baby Goh has lost more than half of her Indonesian workforce since Malaysia was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic last year. “I used to have more than 30 Indonesian cleaners, but almost half of them returne...