Government grants business to take projects which are beneficial to the business itself, the industry and the society as a whole.
This month, a Chinese company again sued Apple Siri for patent infringement; they even claimed more than tens of billions of yuan. After reading the report carefully, the case has been going on for 8 years! We believe that the bosses of SMEs have heard a lot of similar news. How to protect your own … Read more
The SME Reachout started operation on 1st January, 2020 to provide SME government funding consultation service. The online exhibition “SME Reachout: Fund Fair Everywhere 2020” will be held in 24th – 26th August. There will be 25 webinars and success sharing to introduce more than 40 types of government funding. These include BUD Fund, TVP … Read more
If you read BizMagnet Insights constantly, you must know that proof of substantive operation is essential for BUD application. Then, some may ask, “How much should a company make in a year to qualify as a BUD applicant?” $500,000? $2 million? Or even $4 million. Stop guessing, let us see how the professional BUD consultant … Read more
From social unrest and COVID-19, Hong Kong SMEs are under unprecedented stress. Never say never, there are also a lot of companies upgrade at the same time with the aid of the Technology Voucher Programme (TVP). They are optimistic about future and get well-prepared. BizMagnet consolidates 10 successful TVP cases to share the insight. The … Read more
The Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestics Sales (“BUD Fund”) grants Hong Kong companies as much as HK$ 4 million to expand in mainland China or Free Trade Agreement markets. As all other government funds, companies should follow the standard procurement process in BUD mainland and FTA programmes. For TVP application, applicants should submit … Read more
From social unrest in 2019 to COVID-19 this year, plus the global political conflict, it is a very difficult time for Hong Kong SMEs. A business upgrade and transformation with government funding could be a good idea in economic adversity. Not only save some money, but also gain resilience in the future. HSBC interviewed around … Read more
SME Reachout promotes the 5 major government funding schemes, namely BUD Fund, TVP Fund, Export Marketing Fund, ReTAAS and Enterprise Support Scheme ESS. Frequently the SME Reachout team outreach at popular working place, and they will arrive D2 Place at Lai Chi Kok this time. There will be a webinar in the morning and followed … Read more
The Innovation Technology Commission launched the Technology Voucher Programme (TVP) as a pivot basis in Nov 2016, and increased the cumulative maximum to HK$ 400,000 and made the scheme regular in Feb 2019. Due to COVID-19 epidemic, the TVP Fund further enhanced in the Budget 2020: maximum raised to HK$ 600,000, subsidy ratio raised to … Read more
Hong Kong Government has set up number of funding schemes to help SMEs to explore exporting markets, finance and apply technology. With these funding schemes, companies can promote their business and overcome challenges. SUCCESS of the Trade and Industry Department invites the representative of “SME Reachout” to introduce major government funding schemes and answer frequent … Read more
BUD Fund extended to the ASEAN in 2018, divided into “Mainland Programme” and “ASEAN Programme”. It furthered to all economies which signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Hong Kong, and ASEAN Programme upgraded as “FTA Programme“. After signing “Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement” (CEPA) with mainland China, Hong Kong signed a FTA with 7 economies … Read more
