PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Board of Investment Islamabad have decided to form a joint working group to resolve the business community issues as well as to attract.
Incubation centres and the economy
Opinion
April 23, 2021
The global economy has experienced numerous changes, ranging from technological advancements, unique innovations, globalization, etc. This has led to the need to improve the levels of business or entrepreneurship skills which plays a vital role in the development of the economy, globally.
The business incubation centers aim to create an environment that is conducive to help the growth of small businesses. Its major objective is to build up, maintain and develop these businesses by supporting them with the necessary assistance in innovation, technically and financially.
However, incubation is a sure way of assisting local entrepreneurs who have creative ideas about entrepreneurship but lack sufficient funding to start their businesses. The incubators have proven to be a sure way of boosting economic development. This practice started in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.
LAHORE: The PTI government is targeting disbursement of Rs60 billion through commercial banks as clean, collateral-free loans among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next three years, says a senior official of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda).
“The SMEs, mostly small businesses, will be eligible to obtain bank loans up to Rs10 million on the basis of their ‘cash flow’ statements as the potential borrowers will not be required to pledge the asset with the lender(s),” the Smeda official, who was not willing to give his name since the scheme is yet to be approved by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), told Dawn.
Incubation centres and the economy
Opinion
April 23, 2021
The global economy has experienced numerous changes, ranging from technological advancements, unique innovations, globalization, etc. This has led to the need to improve the levels of business or entrepreneurship skills which plays a vital role in the development of the economy, globally.
The business incubation centers aim to create an environment that is conducive to help the growth of small businesses. Its major objective is to build up, maintain and develop these businesses by supporting them with the necessary assistance in innovation, technically and financially.
However, incubation is a sure way of assisting local entrepreneurs who have creative ideas about entrepreneurship but lack sufficient funding to start their businesses. The incubators have proven to be a sure way of boosting economic development. This practice started in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.
Pact signed to support SMEs in scaling up their operations
By: Times News Service
The agreement will see six Omani SMEs and four startups and join ‘Tomooh’, the first of-of-its-kind business incubator programme that helps expand Omani SMEs in new and emerging sectors
Muscat: Oman Post Asyad Express, a member of Asyad Group and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority, the entrepreneurial growth promoter in the Sultanate, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in scaling up their operations locally and internationally.
The agreement will see six Omani SMEs and four startups and join ‘Tomooh’, the first of-of-its-kind business incubator programme that helps expand Omani SMEs in new and emerging sectors, from e-commerce to operations and logistics. Participants will produce disruptive solutions that have the potential to transform the landscape of e-commerce in Oman