Google and UOB unveil training courses for retail, tourism and F&B SMEs hit by Covid-19

Singapore

GOOGLE and United Overseas Bank (UOB) on Friday announced new training courses run by the SME Leadership Academy programme and aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in retail, tourism and food and beverage (F&B) tackle challenges arising from the Covid-19 crisis.

The SME Leadership Academy, launched last August, was to have trained 400 SME business leaders by the end of this year, but that goal has been bumped up to 4,000 SMEs by end-2021. Last year, around 340 business leaders attended the programme, which is free, The Straits Times reported.