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Registration for Brunei MSME Festival 2020 opens
By Biz Brunei Registration for the Sultanate’s biggest showcase of local businesses – the Brunei MSME Festival 2020 – is now open until January 31. This year’s edition will take place from March 26 to 29 at Bridex Hall 1 and 2 with over 200 businesses targeted to...
DARe LINKS to enable MSMEs to secure businesses with large companies
By Biz Brunei Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) will be collaborating to upskill local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to secure business opportunities with large companies in Brunei through a new initiative called DARe LINKS. DARe LINKs will operate an online...
Registration for DARe’s Accelerate now open
by Biz Brunei Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) is inviting aspiring and existing local businesses looking to scale to join their flagship 100-day startup development programme Accelerate which will begin next month. Singapore-based Golden Equator Consulting (GECo) – who...
BruHAS returns for third and biggest edition at Bridex
by Biz Brunei The Brunei Halal Showcase (BruHAS) is back for its third and biggest edition at Bridex with over 100 local and international exhibitors promoting halal and Islamic themed products and services. The five-day expo – which sees an increase of 20 vendors...
Online marketplace MondeB2B to onboard 100 Brunei businesses by Q1 2020
By Biz Brunei Regional online marketplace MondeB2B is in the process of onboarding 100 Brunei companies onto their platform by the first quarter of 2020 to export to economies within the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). MondeB2B’s COO Juan Sebastian Olea said...
Brunei goes up in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rating
By Borneo Bulletin Brunei Darussalam is ranked 66 out of 190 economies with an Ease of Doing Business (EODB) score that has seen a gradual increase from 69.6 (adjusted) in 2019 to 70.1 in 2020, according to this year’s edition of its annual Doi ng Business report...
DARe hosts speed mentoring; opening long-term matching for MSMEs
By Biz Brunei Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) hosted their first speed mentoring last week for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to seek business advice and potentially form long-term mentorships with leading professionals and entrepreneurs based in...
Building Brunei F&B brands: revamped Kontena Park opens
By Biz Brunei With affordable rental, certified kitchens and access to training programmes, DARe is looking to help emerging F&B businesses establish their brands. Darussalam Enterprise’s (DARe) revamped Kontena Park officially opened in Anggerek Desa yesterday as...
DARe inviting Brunei SMEs to apply for grants up to $20k
By Biz Brunei Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) is inviting wholly Bruneian-owned micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) looking for funding to grow their businesses to apply for up to $20,000 in grants under their co-matching scheme. The “co-matching” component of...
DARe sponsoring consultancy for SMEs to attain international standards
By Biz Brunei Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) is looking to boost the competitiveness of local SMEs by helping them attain international standards through their fully sponsored consultancy programme. Executive officer from DARe’s Market Access Syazwana Wan Ali said 12...
