Former MP Inderjit Singh claims that Singaporeans' risk aversion is holding back SMEs, which could have an impact on the economy in the future

The former Member of Parliament has authored a book that encourages entrepreneurial thinking in general, not simply in the context of launching a business.

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AAI shocked over CIL's decision to halt coal supply

Highlights

• AAI urges CIL to reconsider its decision of halting coal supply
• Coal accounts for 40% of Aluminium production cost

The AAI has urged Coal India to reconsider its decision of stopping the coal supply to non-power sectors.&n...

CHINA TO MONITOR CHALLENGES FACED BY SMEs

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• China to monitor challenges faced by SMEs.
• China will also be permitting foreign investors to open entertainment venues.
• The ministry will step up price monitoring and work together with other government departments.
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USAID AND DFC PLEDGE 41 MILLION DOLLARS FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY IN INDIA

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• USAID and DFC have announced a US $41 million loan-guarantee program for India.
• This program is meant to finance investment in renewable energy by Indian SMEs.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...

S. KOREAN SME’s DESPITE THE PANDEMIC REPORTS THEIR EXPORTS TO FALL IN 2020

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• S. Korean SME’s despite the pandemic reports their exports to fall in 2020.
• Overseas shipments totaled US$100.8 billion last year.
• In 2020, South Korean smaller companies exported $90 million worth of test kits to 1...

CHINA’S SMEs AND EER REPORTED BEING STABLE IN Q4 2020

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• China’s SMEs and EER reported being stable in Q4 2020.
•  SMEs Development Index based on a survey was up 0.2 points in Q4.
• China’s real EER has climbed 3.79 percent to 126.13 from June to November 2020.

MANUFACTURE INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION TO BEGIN IN SINGAPORE WITH JTC AND SBF COLLABORATION

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• JTC and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) on Wednesday signed an agreement to digitalize small and medium-sized enterprises esp. manufactures

The new JTC-SBF Industry Transformation Initiative plans to back 300 and more organiz...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO WAIVE INTEREST ON INTEREST ON LOANS UP TO RS 2 BILLION

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• Indian government has plans to waive interest on interest on the financial loans up to Rs 2 billion during moratorium.
• People having cleared their loan dues during the moratorium between MAR 2020 and AUG 2020 will also get the benefit of th...

FACEBOOK PLANS ON GIVING AWARDS OF S$4.75 MILLION IN GRANTS

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• Facebook will give about S$4.75 million in awards to private companies in Singapore that have been hit by COVID-19, the organization said on Wednesday.

Around 800 local ventures that utilize somewhere in the range of two and 50 indiv...

UK TRESEASURY PLANS TO SET UP CORONAVIRUS TOXIC DEBT BODY

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• To handle £ 35 Billion of unsustainable government-backed debt, Leicester City wants state-owned recovery corporation. 
• Many businesses in Leicester have shuttered. A taskforce has suggested that British businesses that had taken...

SMEs RECRUITMENT IN CHINA POST COVID-19

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• The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have suspended new hiring or even downsize staff to cut labor costs to survive financial difficulties.
• The SMEs are considering new human resource (HR) planning and recruitment arrangements.

CAMBODIA-JAPAN BUSINESS INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION TO BOOST JOINT-VENTURES

HIGHLIGHTS

• CJBI wants to promote Cambodia-Japan business partnership with special focus on SMEs.
• Cambodia and Japan want to strengthen economic relations with each other.

The Cambodia- Japan Association for Business and Investment (C...

TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP SME’S IN RUNNING FOR HIGH GROWTH

• China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) with a strong mentality on technology and digital benchmarks are expected to recover relatively quickly from the COVID-19 epidemic.
• A great majority of them plan to introduce new products or services ...

KOREA INTENDS PROPPING SME’S BY PAYING MONEY UPFRONT

• The Korean Government is undertaking a slew of measures to bring the small business enterprises back on track.
• The Government will spend money upfront to help businesses weather the loss.

The self-employed and small businesses have been under ...

EUROPE’S 25 MILLION SMEs RELYING HEAVILY ON EU BUDGET?

Highlights

• Expectations from EU budget

• Measures taken SMEs to sustain amidst coronavirus pandemic

Around 25 million SME's in Europe, which form two-thirds of jobs in the region have also been impacted by coronavirus pandemic. In order to deal with t...

AROMATHERAPY – THE BEST HEALER

Highlights:

-Aromatherapy reduces anxiety.

-It’s a globally accepted fact that nice aroma always has amazing benefits on our overall well-being.

-Aromatic oils can have multiple other benefits too.

Basic principal be...

UK SMEs feel glad to be ahead of Brexit

Brexit has been full of uncertainty for the past three and a half years. The dense, confusing fog over the UK on 12 December cleared up so slightly. Pressure rises as more companies lose patience, and fear of a no-deal Brexit forced firms such as Airbus to consider moving their businesses from th...

Forex firm raises good funds for SMEs

The United Kingdom has been failing the forex indexes miserably as the currencies are seeing a major decline in the valuation as the Brexit deal hits the markets, and the markets turn more volatile for the United Kingdom trades. The slow movement in exiting the European Union is changing the fore...

Classic Italian Espresso Machine

Italian appliance manufacturer Grupo Smeg has acquired the classic Italian java machine brand La Pavoni.

While providing a spread of apparatus in both house and industrial classes, both of the Northern Italian firms became very notable within the high-end home market, touting unambiguou...