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SME Owners to Meet Pita Over Minimum Wage Hike

By TN
June 6, 2023

Supermarket cashier in Bangkok during the COVID-19 pandemic

Supermarket cashier in Bangkok wearing mask. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Small and medium-sized business owners are planning a meeting with the Move Forward Party’s (MFP) prime ministerial candidate later this month to [Read More…]

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Thailand plans to reopen borders and support SMEs

By TN
October 2, 2021

Immigration at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok

Immigration at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok. Photo: Sky 269.

Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired a meeting of the Center for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic [Read More…]

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Thailand ranks 9th in number of petty patents filed

By TN
September 22, 2021

"FOMM Concept One” electric car, the world's smallest class 4-seater electric vehicle. Photo: FOMM Corporation - fomm.co.jp.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The government’s efforts to reform the country’s intellectual property system have seen tangible results, as the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 has [Read More…]

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About 20,000 SMEs close in first quarter of this year due to COVID

By TN
June 8, 2021

Signs in Central Pattaya. Image: Bob in Thailand.

About 20,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), mostly in the tourism sector, closed down during the first quarter of this year, due to the [Read More…]

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Pracharat SME Clinic program launched in Chiang Mai

By TN
June 2, 2017

Market and street in Chiang Mai. Photo: Josch13 (PIxabay).

CHIANG MAI, 3rd June 2017 (NNT) – The Industry Ministry has launched the Pracharat SME Clinic project in the northern province of Chiang Mai to [Read More…]

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Shinawatra clan removed from SMEs Promotion Office

By TN
November 19, 2016

Former prime minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra.

A member of the Shinawatra clan has been removed as deputy director of the Office of SMEs Promotion by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, invoking Section [Read More…]

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PM meets with Alibaba’s Jack Ma to discuss SMEs

By TN
October 11, 2016

Vladimir Putin discussed bilateral cooperation prospects with Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: russia-asean20.ru

BANGKOK, 11 October 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister allowed Alibaba founder and CEO Jack Ma to meet with him after the businessman spoke at [Read More…]

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