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Board of Investment launches Matching Fund to support startups
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 02/08/2024
» Startups with high growth potential in targeted industries will be given financial support, worth up to 50 million baht each, under a new fund recently launched by the Board of Investment (BoI).
BDMS Wellness in Chinese partnership
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 29/05/2024
» BDMS Wellness, a unit under Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc, has partnered with a Chinese company to focus on preventive medicine in a bid to attract Chinese travellers seeking healthcare in Thailand.
FTI seeks measures to help ailing SMEs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 21/11/2023
» Urgent measures from the government are necessary to solve a financial crisis among 12,898 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), now at risk of succumbing to a huge level of debt worth 61 billion baht, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Soft loan scheme to aid SMEs, startups
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/07/2023
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has teamed up with Government Savings Bank (GSB) to launch a new soft loan programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups better deal with their financial costs.
FTI calls for industrial power subsidies
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/08/2022
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is calling on the government to extend its electricity subsidy measures for the public to also cover manufacturers, which are struggling to deal with an increasing financial burden amid high energy prices.
Paragon of productivity
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 06/08/2022
» A determination to work for fellow business people plays an important role in driving Kriengkrai Thiennukul's passion to work for the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
FTI jittery over third wave's impact on SMEs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/05/2021
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has raised concerns over the impact of the third Covid-19 outbreak on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) despite the state's attempts to help them gain better access to soft loans through a scheme under the Bank of Thailand.
SMEs urged to use machines as collateral for loans
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 12/11/2020
» Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to "capitalise machines", using their new machinery to back requests for hardly-granted loans from commercial banks.
EconThai: Jobs drag into Q1
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/10/2020
» The Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai) expects the country's employment to continue slowing until the first quarter of 2021.
Encon allots B2bn budget
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/08/2020
» The Energy Ministry has agreed to approve a 2-billion-baht budget to support 1,035 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects through the Energy Conservation Fund.