The DBS SME Pulse Check Survey, conducted ahead of the coming 2023/24 Hong Kong Budget announcement, found that 58% of Hong Kong’s SMEs would like to receive more funding and financial support from the government, amid growing concerns about the state of the global economy.According to the survey, 76%...
Xero has released two new reports highlighting the economic and emotional impact of the pandemic on small businesses across multiple countries.
The Xero Small Business Insights (SBI) Special Report, “Pandemic Insights: Small Business Experience”, produced with AlphaBeta (part of Accenture), is based on anonymised and aggregated records of over 300,000...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a partnership agreement to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) leverage technology to better access global value chains.
The partnership will provide SMEs with innovative financial and...
Businesses across Australia are feeling the pinch following a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by credit insurance firm, Atradius.
The Payment Practices Barometer survey of both large and small businesses looked at B2B customer payment behaviour over the past year. The results are dramatic.
5% of all credit...
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong have made significant progress in digitalising their businesses and will continue to invest in digital technologies, according to a recent survey conducted by QBE Hong Kong.
The drive for digitalisation has continued among Hong Kong SMEs, QBE's annual SME survey reveals. More than half...
Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has downgraded the Singapore’s GDP growth for 2019 at 1.5 to 2.5 per cent.
In the last Economic Survey of Singapore published in February, MTI highlighted that growth in most of the key advanced and regional economies was expected to moderate in 2019...
Aon plc has released a global survey, 'Reprioritizing Risk and Resilience For a Post-COVID-19 Future' in 1Q 2021. The survey results revealed that reprioritising risk and exploring new risk management strategies are now the top priorities for businesses.
The report identified differences in how businesses have responded to the COVID-19 crisis, by...
Asia can defy a global economic slowdown in 2023 through an acceleration in digital transformation, greater regional coordination, and balanced monetary policies, according to new research from the London-based think tank, Asia House.
The Asia House Annual Outlook 2023 examines how Asia's economies can prevail and deliver robust growth through increased domestic demand for...
Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing, New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker and Chile’s Vice Minister for Trade Rodrigo Yanez jointly announced the substantial conclusion of the negotiations for the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) in Singapore on 21 January 2020.
Mr Chan...
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and Singapore Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S Iswaran have agreed to accelerate steps towards a comprehensive and forward-looking Digital Partnership between the EU and Singapore.
They reaffirmed their shared ambition to bring the robust and longstanding EU-Singapore relationship into the digital realm and expand bilateral digital...
