SMEs hope for pickings in 2018, but are still dogged by challenges

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.