Over 100,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have secured RM57 billion in financing from financial institutions as of end-September, says Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Assistant Governor Abu Hassan Alshari Yahaya.He said this amounted to an approval...

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Najib Razak said today that subsidies at a 2.0 per cent interest rate will be given under the SME Investment Partner (SIP) programme of the SME Masterplan.Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the subsidies are necessary...

PETALING JAYA: The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) and Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) are organising a one-day intellectual property (IP) conference for the small and medium enterprises...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — It’s the perennial Malaysian problem: How to get small and medium enterprises (SMEs) — which make up more than 90 per cent of the businesses registered in Malaysia, but contributing only 33 per cent to the nat...

Chua Tee Yong (second from right) after launching a GST registration roadshow in Johor Bahru.JOHOR BARU:  Consumers will benefit from the Government's decision to float prices of RON95 petrol and diesel due to the downward spiral in global fuel ...

（新山22日讯）财政部副部长拿督蔡智勇说，政府取消RON95汽油津贴，主要是让人民在国际油价下降时，可以享受到更低油价的优惠。政府周五宣布，从12月1日起将取消燃油津贴，让RON95汽油�...

（彭亨‧關丹21日訊）財政部副部長拿督蔡智勇說，他對一些已經符合註冊條件的企業及公司，依然相信政府將展延落實消費稅感到遺憾。他說，隨著越來越多企業及商家注冊成為消費稅商�...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's consumer confidence index rose six points to 99 in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, according to the latest Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions.Nielsen said Malaysia is...

Mustafa hopes that Malaysian companies will rise up to lead the wave of change here.MALAYSIAN companies must step up their game in adopting sustainable business practices. Businesses are shooting themselves in the foot if things don’t change,&r...

（吉隆坡29日讯）首相署部长拿督魏家祥指出，将透过与马来西亚中华总商会（中总）、马来西亚华人行业社团总会（行团总会）和马来西亚中小型企业协会合作，发放5000万令吉贷款予符合�...

（柔佛‧新山30日訊）全國中小企業公會主席鄭己勝表示，政府明年度財政預算協助華裔中小型企業的5千萬令吉低利息總貸款額並不夠，他希望政府能將總貸款額提昇至2億令吉。鄭己勝上午...

Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri has urged micro entrepreneurs to do away with traditional ways of operating their business as consumers today prefer to use the Internet."Entrepreneurs must realise that people now p...

A survey of 100 Malaysian SMEs by Sage Software reveald 66% of respondents to be confident of future prospects, says managing director Michael Cho. KUALA LUMPUR: Business management software supplier, Sage Software Sdn Bhd, said its survey of 10...

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Thursday announced the eRezeki project to connect Malaysians at the bottom 40 per cent of the income pyramid (B40) with domestic and global digital income."eRezeki will be ro...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The number of companies registering for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was at 100,787 as of Oct 22, an increase of 429 from the previous day, said the Royal Malaysian Customs Department.In a statement here Thursday...

PETALING JAYA, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Good and Services Tax (GST) system is among the best in the world, said KPMG China, Asia Pacific Regional Leader, Lachlan Wolfers."The Royal Malaysian Customs Department is extremely well prepared and inf...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) is spearheading the participation of 34 Malaysian exhibitors at the Salon International de l'alimentation Paris (Sial Paris) 2014 at Paris Nord Villepinte, Franc...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- There is a likelihood that the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will not likely raise the inflation rate, given the long zero-rate and exempt list, a tax consultant said.Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Tax...

Lee would like to see more encouragement from the Government in the promotion of caring for the environment such as incentives for companies that sell environmentally friendly products.AS MALAYSIA gears up for the announcement on Budget 2015 this wee...

KUCHING: As Malaysia prepares itself for Budget 2015 to be tabled thiscoming Friday, key stakeholders such as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) eagerly await new proposals that can assist with rising costs brought on by the fuel price hike and impe...