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Instead of relying only on the domestic market, Penang-based durian sellers have taken to social media to sell their wares to customers in other states. Image Credit: Tom Fisk | Pexels See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local businesses have been urged to take advantage of grants such as GKP 4.0 in order to help them survive the ongoing National Recovery Plan restrictions. Similarly, SMEs have been asked to take advantage of the RCEP deal, which could drive awareness towards their business and services. Image Credit: Pixabay | Pexels See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malaysian-based property rental platform, SPEEDHOME, has raised RM7 million in a Series A funding exercise with the fund to be capitalised on the platform’s regional expansion and tech advancements. Image Credit: SPEEDHOME | speedhome.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Companies have constantly relied on market research to understand their target audience. However, the pandemic has seen a huge change habits, such as people taking less showers to supporting more local businesses and shopping sustainability. A report by Vase.ai, a company that deals with market research and industry insights, found that with the new normal came a whole new generation of consumers...

Netflix is planning an expansion into video games and has hired a former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive to lead the effort. Image Credit: Sean Locke Photography | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up to 60% of food and beverage operators in the country could be forced to shut permanently within the next two months should the dine-in ban continue , say F&B associations. Image Credit: YnetteT | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GoCare #BeMyHero Community Caring Project has been launched , which will provide the public and SMEs with various forms of aid including free tuition and soft loans. Also, Media Prima Omnia is launching the #KitaMalaysia campaign , with four SMEs packages offered to promote homegrown products and services on all of Media Prima's platforms. Image Credit: Golden Brown | Shutterstock See omnystud...

Volunteers and staff members at vaccination centres (PPVs) should be fully vaccinated before they are allowed to perform their duties at the centres. Osel group chief clinical and innovative scientist Dr Kris See said the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) should only consider taking in fully vaccinated individuals as volunteers to reduce the symptoms and spread of the virus. Image Credit: Af...

Malaysia's prolonged closure of the spa and wellness industry has increased concerns about the survivability of vulnerable groups that work in the industry, like single mothers and the blind community, as well as for the industry in general. Image Credit: Romolo Tavani | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Transport Ministry has announced an automatic one-year extension of vehicle age limit for public service vehicles in a bid to aid the public transport sector. Image Credit: Muhammad Eman | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to experts from Research for Social Advancement and Gerakan Ekonomi Malaysia, the government still needs to add more fiscal measures to make up for the lost income and revenue suffered by workers and businesses respectively. Image Credit: Afif Abd. Halim | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of hairdressers and barbers under the United Hairdressing Malaysia has urged the government to allow them to resume business as soon as possible as their businesses have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: fuadstephan | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. Image Credit: Alones | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Department stores in Kuala Lumpur have chosen to shut down temporarily, and Selangor-based shopping malls and other retailers have been calling for targeted lockdowns in an effort to survive the devastating effect of the pandemic on retail outlets. Image Credit: TK Kurikawa | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to Page Contracting Malaysia’s “Talent On-Demand” report, 62% of companies have now included contracting roles in their headcount. How has the pandemic encouraged the rise of contract hires? Image Credit: fizkes | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more people shop online due to lockdown restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic, waste from e-commerce packaging is also increasing . Environmentalists are urging the public to recycle carton boxes, mailer bags and bubble wraps. Image Credit: MatthewGollop | Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Human Resource Ministry has received over 5,000 complaints through the Working For Workers application on various labour issues , especially not allowing employees to work from home. Image Credit: niekverlaan | Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vegetable farmers at villages in the Cameron Highlands are seeing their crops going to waste because of their inability to harvest them during the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) period. Image Credit: YuriAbas | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AirAsia Group’s digital unit, AirAsia Digital, has acquired Indonesia’s ride-hailing Gojek business in Thailand for RM208 million in an aim to accelerate its digital expansion plans across the region. Image Credit: StockSnap | Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (MEDAC) has warned that the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector could imminently collapse , should the current nationwide lockdown continue indefinitely. Image Credit: Pexels | Pixabay See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hospitality and tourism sectors have had blow after blow during the course of the pandemic; but some are remaining ever optimistic in the face of uncertainty. Image Credit: Tooykrub | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The six-month moratorium for all individuals, micro-enterprises and affected small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) begins today, according to Bank Negara. Image Credit: Nor Sham Soyod | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many of the women entrepreneurs from the B40 household income group who pivoted to selling their products online during the first lockdown last year have grown disheartened as business flagged this time round. Image Credit: Kristin Greenwood | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysian Association of Advertising Filmmakers (MAAF) has urged Putrajaya to allow them to work, stating that by not allowing the advertising film industry to operate, it is "letting us die". In an open letter to Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, the minister of communications and multimedia, the association said its members are “running out of money to support our employees if we have no shoot...

A web-based application to crowdsource and centralise white flag reports nationwide has been created by a team of computer science students. Image Credit: Krisy | Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.