SMEs hope for pickings in 2018, but are still dogged by challenges
Two sticking points among them are cashflow management and the lack of opportunities to work with GLCs to venture abroad
Singapore
The Singapore economy may have performed much better than expected last year, but many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still waiting to reap the gains from that.
This year, they are hoping that the spillover from the improved environment will finally trickle down to them - and 2018 looks a lot more promising than the gloom that hung over the start of 2017.
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