Malaysian SMEs were handed a concrete export route this week. SME export Malaysia support moved forward on 15 October 2026 when the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry signed memoranda of understanding with Lazada Malaysia, the Entrepreneurship Development Company of Uzbekistan and the Construction Industry Development Board, at the Enterprise 50...
MSME Minimum Wage Exemption: What Employers Must Do
On 30 September 2026 the Cabinet agreed to exempt micro, small and medium enterprises from the next minimum wage increase, for the time being. If you run an SME in Malaysia, the short version is that nothing has changed about what you must pay today, and something has changed about...
Malaysia Exports Up 31.2% to RM1.36 Trillion: What It Means for SMEs
Malaysia exported RM1.356 trillion of goods in the first eight months of 2026, up 31.2% on the same stretch last year. Total trade passed RM2.5 trillion, and the eight-month surplus of RM198.66 billion is bigger than the full-year surpluses of both 2024 and 2025. The Department of Statistics published the...