Enterprise Asia has honoured Padchcharrin Heimeaungkloon, managing director of Gourmet One Food Service (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. (Gourmet One), with the prestigious Master Entrepreneur title at the Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards (APEA) 2023 Thailand.
The APEA is a highly regarded platform that celebrates the exemplary achievements of business leaders and enterprises across...
In a significant stride toward economic empowerment, 48 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) achieving 4-5 stars under the PMKS Competitiveness Rating Program for Improvement (SCORE) have been honored through the 5-Star PMKS SCORE Catalyst Pilot Program by SME Corp. Malaysia. The certificates of appreciation were presented by Datuk...
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and SME Corporation Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding as a joint effort to assist MSMEs in adopting environment, social, and governance (ESG) practices through a combination of relevant financing and non-financing solutions.
The MoU marks the commitment by both parties to continue working together...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia, or SAMENTA, Malaysia’s oldest and largest association of SMEs, is committed to helping SMEs to digitalise, automate and meet ESG standards.
Datuk William Ng, SAMENTA National President, said that the top challenges for SMEs are labour shortage, low productivity, rising costs, and...
As part of Hong Leong Bank (HLB)'s ongoing Sustainable Roundtable series, the bank has organised an exclusive session with the Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) themed Sustainability Meets Strategy: Building Competitiveness with Green Supply Chain.
The sustainability Roundtable is part of HLB’s continuous efforts to help SMEs gain knowledge to future-proof...
TASA Solutions Sdn Bhd (TASA) is a Malaysian-based BPO-ICT service provider that has transformed its “Experience Solutions” into four business verticals, namely Customer Experience (CX), User Experience (UX), Supply Chain Experience (SCX) and Management Experience (MX).
The group has four offices in Malaysia, where over 500 employees support global and...
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company has announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia. The new AWS Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organisations, greater choice for running their applications and serving end users from...
138 Malaysian SMEs win the prestigious SME100 Awards amidst strong recovery
As the Malaysian economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, a record number of 138 SMEs from over 800 nominations, received the SME100 Awards, organised by SME Magazine and the Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA).
The SME100 continues...
18 Vietnamese SMEs win the prestigious SME100 Awards
2022 sees the rising costs of raw materials and as the inflation rates soar and interest rates continue to rise, SMEs in Vietnam managed to sustain their business and even displayed great resilience against the challenging environment.
The SME100 Awards makes its return...
Out of 49 Asian cities in this year’s survey, the city of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan ranked 226th, is the least expensive place in Asia for international employees to live in
Asia dominated the world’s most expensive city rankings, with Hong Kong SAR taking top spot as the costliest place for...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman’s international best seller The World is Flat, published in 2005, recognized a rapidly changing world where emerging economies were becoming increasingly competitive thanks to technology-driven globalization which was levelling the playing field.
Friedman identified that businesses large and small were integrating to form complex global...
PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) rose as much as 23 percent in its stock market debut today after Indonesia's largest tech company raised US$1.1 billion in a widely anticipated IPO, fuelling expectations of more tech offerings in a fast-growing sector.
GoTo's shares rose to as much as 416 rupiah...