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Monday, 12 April 2010
WHILE many businesses have put emphasis on customer service, Home Suite Home, the authorised distributor of Simmons mattresses and Lorenzo furniture, has found that one way of ensuring good customer service, is to keep the operation small.The...
MALAYSIA'S Bank Rakyat is weighing a strategic partnership with a Bruneian cooperative after a Bruneian government official invited the cooperative bank to set up a branch here, Malaysian newspaper Business Times reported on its website. The...
ASEAN economic integration is set to advance this year with the coming into force of two key agreements liberalising movement of trade and investment in the region.The Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) will be implemented next month and the...
Sunday, 11 April 2010
DESPITE announcing that TelBru will be upgrading its services as of April, there are still complaints regarding slow Internet speed, and in some cases, no service at all.But TelBru said on Friday that this is due to service upgrades in various...
HJ KARIM (not his real name), a retiree, has been running a stall at Pasar Malam Gadong for years now. And the way he runs the small business shows he has picked up a thing or two to survive the cut-throat competition. The retiree runs the...
HOME-GROWN tech firm Infindo Technology won funding from a venture capital investment fund because the Bruneian firm was able to show it had the potential to scale beyond the Sultanate.On Tuesday, Accel-X Pte Ltd, a venture capital management fund...
Saturday, 10 April 2010
TABUNG Amanah Islam Brunei (Taib) is experiencing an estimated 20 per cent growth in the take-up of its short-term fixed deposit product.Shamsul Muhamad, manager of sales from the bank's Retail and Commercial Banking Division, said that this was...
SARAWAK Tourism and Heritage Minister yesterday called for stronger collaboration between Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak, stressing packaging Borneo as a joint destination is a "win-win situation".Dato Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan said...
IF THERE'S responsible spending, there's also responsible borrowing. For those weighing taking out a personal loan, here are some things to think about before applying. Assess your eligibilityNot everyone can take out a loan. There is usually a...
MALAYSIAN firm Biaramas Express Sdn Bhd has launched the first legal commercial transport service from Brunei to Miri.Bus Asia was launched two months ago and runs two times a day from Brunei to Miri, the company's executive director told The...
Friday, 9 April 2010
BUSINESSES set up as sole proprietorships are likely to convert into private limited companies following a government move to lower corporate taxes, the local partner of a global accounting firm yesterday said.Shazali Sulaiman, partner at accounting...
BUSINESSES have to be aware of the risks they face when they cross the line in spending the company's funds for their own personal use.This was one of the main points that was highlighted during yesterday's Asia Inc Forum's Local Business...
BRUNEI Shell Petroleum (BSP) has awarded a US$159 million ($222 million) deal to Indian offshore drilling and oil field services provider Aban Offshore Ltd to deploy a jack-up drilling rig, a Reuters report yesterday said.The report from...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
A POSTGRADUATE degree can help you get ahead if you are looking for a job or promotion. In a stagnant economy where employment and career advancements - both in the private and governmental sector - are limited, farsighted Bruneians are pursuing...
DIGITAL marketing can improve your business performance if companies are aware of where their target customers are surfing."The most important thing to know is what areas of the Internet your customers are looking at, and from there you can...
OFFICIALS of the fisheries department from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have gathered in General Santos city, Mindanao for the first-ever Bimp-Eaga Business Conference on High Value AquacultureA statement from the Mindanao...
THE Asean economic integration is set to advance this year, with the coming into of force two key agreements, hence liberalising trade and investment in the region, said Malayisa's International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed...
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
"SAVINGS is only half the equation, one needs to invest to grow that money which will give them a higher returns when inflation occurs," said the chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Brunei who is encouraging Bruneians...
HOMEGROWN high-tech firm Infindo Technology has clinched a deal with Singapore-based Accel-X Pte Ltd for the award of working capital that will allow it to develop products aimed at markets outside Brunei.Infindo got a slice of the Accel-X venture...
AV ELECTRONICS Sdn Bhd have announced that they are expecting the iPad to be available in Brunei, but for the die-hard Apple fans, there will be a pre-Asian launch for limited units available soon."We would recommend our customers to wait for...
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