This financial assistance grant allows companies that qualify to get up to 70% funding support for project costs like certification, consultancy, training and equipment costs. The whole purpose of the scheme is to encourage small and medium enterprises (SME) to build their business capabilities, and the application process has being simplified.
The 10 development areas that SMEs can received grant support are:
Product Development
Supported Activities: Initiating new individual or joint projects to implement new technologies for product development, hiring technology experts to create in-house R&D capabilities
Branding, Marketing, Franchising
Supported Activities: Arranging a brand audit, conducting market research, developing brand strategy, creation of franchising system and deployment
Business Excellence
Supported Activities: Drawing up an in-depth review of business organization, generating a strategic roadmap of development
Business Strategy Innovation
Supported Activities: Creating ideas that innovative as per the market trends, identifying the strengths and weakness of the organization through comprehensive analysis
Standards Adoption
Supported Activities: ISO 22301 Certification on Business Continuity Management Systems
Financial Management
Supported Activities: Constructing a financial framework, identifying financial strategies to meet financial objectives and challenges, planning business expansion plans
Human Capital Development
Supported Activities: Participation in leadership courses, implementing HR management
Intellectual Property
Supported Activities: Setting up Intellectual Property (IP) management capabilities
Enhancing Business Processes for Productivity
Supported Activities: Initiating projects that boost the efficiency of business operations, hiring consultants to streamline business processes, enhancing land productivity.
Service Excellence
Supported Activities: Review of service systems, establishing improvements via technology or otherwise to improve customer engagement, service processes and customer loyalty.
