TANGKAK, July 13 (Bernama) - SME Bank has approved RM1.3 billion in loans to 600 small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs (SMEs) in the first five months of this year, said managing director, Datuk Mohd Radzif Mohd Yunus.He said the amount was part of t...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- Local entrepreneurs have been urged to expand their businesses beyond Malaysia and not be too comfortable with their domestic operations.Making the call, property tycoon Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, chairman judge of the SM...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Bernama) -- The National Goods and Services Tax (GST) Conference 2014 logged in over 200 participants across all industries.Jointly Organised by Malaysia's national news agency Bernama and Tax Advisory and Management Services S...

Liew (left) at the launch of Alliance Bank’s SME Innovation Challenge 2014. With him are (from left) last year’s runner -up Bryan Ong, grand prize winner Christina Ng and Alliance Bank head of group business banking Steve Miller.KUALA LUM...

KUALA LUMPUR: Overseas graduates should consider returning to Malaysia as it is the ideal place for business start-ups due to the many incentives provided by the Government, said Minister in the Prime Minster’s Department Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong....

Najib (C) speaks during the press conference at the Perdana Putra building, July 4, 2014. BERNAMAPUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced four high impact programmes (HIPs) under the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Masterpla...

Pic: FMTKUALA LUMPUR: Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with sales of less than RM500,000 a year are advised to evaluate and volunteer to be in the goods and sales tax (GST) system, which will bring many advantages over the long term, Interna...

SUBANG JAYA, June 26 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) is urging local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to explore the untapped potential markets like the African region, central Asia and Latin America, to ...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Working Malaysians need to have an insurance coverage of about nine times their annual salary, according to a study by the Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA).This translates into a shortfall in insurance coverage o...

PUTRAJAYA, June 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is expected to register real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.4 per cent this year, according to World Bank's Malaysia Economic Monitor: Boasting Trade Competitiveness launched today.The report said th...

KANGAR: The small and medium enterprises (SME) sector is expected to contribute 41 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product by 2020, thanks to the many programmes that are being undertaken to push the sector to the forefront.SME Corp de...

郑己胜（左起）、黄丽心及雷智雄为“2014年中小型企业卓越成就奖”主持推介仪式。（梳邦再也28日讯）大马外贸发展局（MATRADE）总执行长拿督黄丽心博士说，中小企业需不断探寻合�...

Emomali Sharipovich Rahmon and Datuk Seri Najib Tun RazakPUTRAJAYA, June 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysian companies with an edge in construction, public housing, power generation, mining as well as halal food and products are keen to explore invetsment oppo...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is set to train 600 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) via its newly-launched e-commerce reward programme.The programme, in partnership with Telekom Malaysia (TM) and e...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- A total of 250 customers have benefited from Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Bhd (CGC)'s rebate incentive, some as high as 38 per cent of the guarantee fees payable. The rebate mechanism, introduced in Januar...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- Quarries in Selangor are affected by the state government's delay in issuing renewals of licences for aggregate production, says the Malaysia Quarry Association (MQA). This delay has reduced aggregate production in...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- The government has reiterated its target of increasing the Bumiputera equity ownership in the national economic pie to 30 per cent by 2020 from 24 per cent currently.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk...

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak delivers his keynote address at Invest Malaysia 2014 in Kuala Lumpur Monday.KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said on Monday the mandatory requirement for corporate bond credit ratings...

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced further liberalisation to promote investment in a broader spectrum of assets and capacity building. Najib, who is also the Finance Minister, said the country aims ...

GEORGE TOWN, June 12 (Bernama) -- It is crucial for local companies to understand the workings of the trade remedies system in line with the increasing involvement of Malaysian industries in the global market, an official of the Ministry of Internati...