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LBD Forum pertinent for Brunei SMEs

Posted on 08/08/2015 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | WITH the economic challenges currently faced by Brunei’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the upcoming Local Business Development (LBD) Forum’s focus on building business resilience is a pertinent one. This was highlighted by Pierre Imhof, the CEO of Baiduri Bank, during an interview with the Bulletin on the upcoming event, for […]

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Upcoming LBD Forum to focus on building business resilience

Posted on 02/08/2015 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | ASIA Inc Forum has announced that its next event, the Local Business Development (LBD) Forum, will happen on August 11 in Radisson Hotel. The event is part of Asia Inc Forum’s LBD development programme – an initiative through which they encourage local SMEs to develop and grow as the backbone of […]

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Dr Ting advises entrepreneurs to think global

Posted on 02/10/2014 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | THE size of your business is limited only by the size of your thinking. For entrepreneurs, changing one’s mindset from thinking locally to globally is crucial towards growing and achieving success. Despite the obstacles every problem and challenge should not be seen as discouraging but as an opportunity. These points were […]

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Winning strategies for Brunei SMEs discussed

Posted on 02/10/2014 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | WINNING strategies for Brunei’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) took centre stage as the Asia Inc Forum hosted the 2014 Local Business Development (LBD) Forum yesterday. Held at the Radisson Hotel, the LBD Forum carried the theme, “Breaking Through! Winning Strategies for Brunei SMEs” and looked at how SMEs in the […]

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SMEs venturing abroad told to keep product value high, costs low

Posted on 02/10/2014 - Media Centre

Leo Kasim BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, October 2, 2014 BUSINESSES which want to venture overseas must keep costs low while retaining their product value, a business strategist said yesterday. According to Dr Peter Ting, chief co-creation officer of the Kuala Lumpur-based management consultancy firm Strategic Co-Creation Group, business owners need to determine which unnecessary process […]

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Government committed to assisting SMEs

Posted on 02/10/2014 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | GETTING the most out of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) requires better support systems, and the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam remains committed to continuing to assist and facilitate the development of the SMEs so as to realise their potential, which would in turn […]

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Better support systems needed to develop SMEs

Posted on 02/10/2014 - Media Centre

Leo Kasim BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, October 2, 2014 THE Minister of Industry and Primary Resources called on all stakeholders to provide better support systems for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which have the potential to drive and grow the local economy. YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Hj […]

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Brunei can use wastage products to generate energy

Posted on 15/08/2014 - Media Centre

Leo Kasim BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, August 15, 2014 BRUNEI should embrace technologies that can convert municipal waste into energy which can be sold back to the power grid, an executive of a Singapore-based environmental waste management company said. According to Edwin Khew, managing director of Anaergia Pte Ltd, Brunei’s organic waste output is a […]

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Going green the way forward

Posted on 14/08/2014 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | THERE are opportunities abound for Brunei when moving towards a green future, and the country needs to be wise and more prudent in the way it manages and uses its natural resources like energy and water, as well as its waste generation. Minister of Development, Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato […]

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Spotlight on green ideas for Brunei’s future

Posted on 14/08/2014 - Media Centre

| Danial Norjidi | THE 7th National Environment Conference was launched yesterday at The Empire Hotel & Country Club, putting forward constructive ideas to build a green and sustainable future for Brunei. Now in its seventh year, the Brunei’s premier and largest conference on environmental sustainability brought together around 200 key stakeholders and leading members […]

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