The SME Times

The worldwide Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM) market is forecast to achieve $1 billion in revenues by end 2012, up from approximately $625 million in 2010, according to IT research and advisory firm...

Doha Bank and the SME development chamber of India have signed a MoU for marketing, sales and services partnership to support the SME market in India. The agreement was inked at a national...

Despite the hype that surrounds India’s first SME exchange to be launched by next month, analysts have voiced their concern that the bourse may not be able to generate sufficient interest from investors....

MSMEs are keen on investments in the design and marketing of khadi products during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-2017) and aim to transform them into internationally-saleable commodities. The strategy in the...

Small and medium enterprise (SME) manufacturers have kept their eyes open for industrial designs that are cost-effective, energy-friendly, sleek and portable, under the Design Clinic Scheme -- a government design and arts intervention...

Skill development and sustainability among micro and small units has become the focus for the MSME Ministry. Thus the Ministry is planning to establish more than 50 new training centres for MSME units....

The SME-dominated textiles industry one of the critical sectors of the Indian economy has done well with the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), which has provided support to sectoral players through interest reimbursement...

Lenovo has strategized to achieve growth in the highly promising SMB segment. The company looks to double its present four per cent SMB market share by 2012. SMBs in India contribute about 20...

Union Cabinet Minister for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Virbhadra Singh, said as per RBI data, loans outstanding against the MSME sector has gone up to Rs. 4,85,771 crore in March 2011...

The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has raised concerns that the manufacturing sector is not growing because of the burden of corruption on small businesses. FISME has indicated...