When SMEs team up to thrive, expand overseas

Enterprise Singapore starts at least 22 group projects that help over 100 small firms upgrade

Chinese customers sampling food from Singapore brands at an exhibition in China. PHOTO: COURTESY OF SME CENTRE @SMCCI
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While it can be a dog-eat-dog world in business, a group of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have decided to work together for mutual benefit, instead of competing over the same turf.

They are part of an Enterprise Singapore initiative which is bringing SMEs together to succeed collectively in targeted projects driven by 11 SME Centres here.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 01, 2019, with the headline When SMEs team up to thrive, expand overseas. Subscribe