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Tapped-out TTW eyes other flows
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/02/2014
» Thai Tap Water Supply Plc (TTW), the country's biggest private tap-water supplier, plans to dilute its revenue from tap-water sales to 60-70% overall in the long term to sustain double-digit yearly growth.
BoI narrows SME focus to raise competitiveness
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/01/2014
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has adjusted its investment promotion for small and medium-sized enterprises, now focusing on four groups of SMEs.
Leave it to us
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/02/2013
» Boonlert Rattanayaem earns 200,000 baht each year from his eight-rai tobacco plantation.
Firms welcome target-industry incentives
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2013
» Business leaders have welcomed the Board of Investment's (BoI) new five-year promotion policy but cautioned the agency to cautiously abandon the existing zone-based regime following the nationwide minimum-wage hike.
FTI seeks bigger cushion
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 19/12/2012
» Business leaders have repeated their call for the government to increase the compensation fund offered to help offset the impact of the minimum wage hike.
Bid to oust FTI's Payungsak
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/11/2012
» Members of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) will meet next Monday in a bid to remove Payungsak Chartsuthipol from the chairmanship of Thailand's largest private-sector organisation.
Firms fightto ease wage hike effects
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/11/2012
» The private sector is keeping up the pressure on the state to revise proposed measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cope with the rising minimum wage next year.
Seeking salvation
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/09/2012
» Nutthanate Kunlryrprasith, a 34-year-old taxi driver, smokes five Krong Thip cigarettes a day priced at four baht apiece.
Private sector urges boost in R&D budget
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/08/2012
» Businesses have repeated their calls for the government to increase the country's spending on research and development, and give more tax incentives to private companies that engage in joint research and development activities.
More SMEs going under the radar
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/08/2012
» The minimum wage of 300 baht a day is taking its toll on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), leading several to close and start doing business without registering with the Commerce Ministry, according to a university study.