The Hong Kong SAR Government provides a number of funds to enhance Hong Kong business competitiveness, operation and technology application etc. However, enterprises and government have a very different viewpoint, and this makes the government funding application very confusing for enterprises. Government funding consultants play an important role to help businesses to apply for corresponding funds. The service allows a better resource usage for companies.
E-commerce in the Guangdong-Macau-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area (GBA) grows rapidly. There are plenty of platforms such as Taobao, Tmall, JD, Little Red Book and TikTok etc. The SUCCESS of Trade and Industry Department (TID) organizes the webinar “Exploring E-Commerce opportunities in the Greater Bay Area” and invites specialists in the industry to share latest … Read more
On 9th April, the Export Marketing Fund (EMF) enhanced to support virtual exhibitions. The EMF subsidizes Hong Kong SMEs to promote in markets outside Hong Kong, including latest promotion methods like website development, online advertisement and virtual exhibitions. The subsidy is 50% of the total cost and up to HK$ 800,000. The Hong Kong Trade … Read more
TVP applicants often ask BizMagnet consultancy if there is any shortcut for quotations required by the TVP office. Time is money, once a business meets a suitable supplier, it will sign the agreement and go ahead. It is not so common to do a in-depth comparison. However, government departments, public institutions and government funded projects … Read more
Today is the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese calendar, known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. BizMagnet wish you a happy holiday. BizMagnet government funding consultant is professionally to help companies to apply for government funding. Our scope includes BUD fund consultation, TVP consultation, and other funding such as Export Marketing Fund, ReTAAS … Read more
Recently BizMagnet TVP consultant received a case that a SME incited by a TVP supplier to use the TVP agent service. It was again a conspiracy of bid rigging. As the deal is under the table, the SME now has a tiger by the tail. The TVP IT supplier demands additional charge, while the SME … Read more
Very soon it is Q4 of 2020, and both 2019 and 2020 are unusual years. BizMagnet TVP consultant consolidates information and attempts to predict the trend of TVP (Technology Voucher Programme) in 2021. No matter you applied for government fund such as TVP and BUD Fund before, it is time for you to prepare next … Read more
Yesterday (2nd Sep) the Hong Kong Police Force arrested 15 persons, on suspicion of anti-epidemic fund fraud, seeking around HK$ 3.87 million. Suspects accused of submitting false proof, such as MPF records, transaction records, or altered retail photos downloaded from the Internet, to seek more government funding grant. This is another commercial crime case about … Read more
Last week, BizMagnet TVP consultant shared most noticeable cybersecurity threats in 2021. This week, the Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs (SUCCESS) prepares the webinar of “Cybersecurity essentials for Businesses” and invites the Security Architect of Cisco Hong Kong Limited as the guest speaker. In the webinar, we will see network security notices, recent common … Read more
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
According to the official TVP website announcement, the “related entities” restriction is relaxed from 2020/08/14. Now, different companies with the same ultimate natural person holding more than 30% shares will NOT be considered as ONE single entity. These companies have independent cumulative subsidy pool. In other words, suppose you own more than 30% of Alpha … Read more
