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The Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs (SUCCESS) is the Government information and advisory centre for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) run by the Trade and Industry Department. If you are looking for free business information and practical consultation services, SUCCESS is the first stop to meet your needs.

Our Website's address is www.success.tid.gov.hk.

Our customer hotline is : (852) 2398 5133.

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"Meet-the-Advisors" Business Advisory Service

SMEs encountering problems relating to starting and running a business can consult expert advisors through the "Meet-the-Advisors" Business Advisory Service ("BAS") of SUCCESS.  The BAS provides free consultation to SMEs in 25 specialty areas, such as setting up a business, marketing, legal and accounting matters.

Click here to request for the service.  For enquiries, please call 2398 5133.
 

SME Development Fund (SDF): Increase the maximum grant for each project to $5 million

With a view to strengthening support to non-profit-distributing organisations to implement projects to enhance SMEs’ competitiveness, TID has increased the maximum grant of an approved project under the SDF from $2 million to $5 million.  For details, please visit our website or contact the SDF enquiry hotline at 2398 5128.
 

The BUD Fund: Enterprise Support Programme

The Enterprise Support Programme (ESP) under the “Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales” (the BUD Fund) provides funding support for individual Hong Kong enterprises to assist them in undertaking projects to develop brands, upgrade and restructure their business operations and promote domestic sales in the Mainland.  The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) is the Programme Secretariat.

The ESP will provide funding support for individual enterprises on a matching basis. The Government will cover a maximum of 50% of the total approved project cost and the enterprise has to contribute no less than 50% of the total project cost in cash. During the tenure of the BUD Fund, each enterprise may obtain funding for a maximum of three approved projects. The cumulative funding ceiling per enterprise under the BUD Fund is $500,000.

The Government has recently launched an additional "ESP Easy – Simplified Application Track" (ESP Easy) under the ESP.  Enterprises can make use of the "ESP Easy" to apply for funding to implement specified measures including participation in Mainland exhibitions, establishment or enhancement of online shops or websites, undertaking testing and certification for products for domestic sales, design and production of physical publicity materials for distribution in the Mainland, and application for registration of patent, trademark, design and utility model in the Mainland.  Applicant enterprises will only need to fill in a simplified application form.  Enterprises which are non-listed but have been registered in Hong Kong and have had substantive business operations in Hong Kong for at least three years at the time of application are eligible to apply for "ESP Easy".

Funding under "ESP Easy" would be provided on a matching basis after completion of projects, and the funding ceiling for each project is $170,000.  All "ESP Easy" projects must be completed within 12 months.

The ESP is open to applications all year round.  Applications will be considered by batches.  The annual batch cut-off dates are 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December respectively.

To assist enterprises in grasping the essence of successful applications and drawing on the experience in project implementation, the Programme Secretariat regularly organises seminars and symposia in HKPC (HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong).  Upcoming events for September and October 2015 are as follows:

Date	Theme of Seminar
24 Sept 2015	ESP – Introduction to application assessment and project monitoring
29 Oct 2015	ESP – Tips for the Application and Vetting Yardsticks

For details of the Programme, please visit the dedicated website: http://www.bud.hkpc.org/en or call 27886088 for enquiries.

Topical Issues

Video Show of SME Seminars

Interested persons are welcome to visit SUCCESS to view the videos of previous SME seminars. The broadcast schedule between 4 and 16 September 2015 is as follows:

Title of Seminar	Day of Broadcast	Broadcast Time
"Connecting Global Market through E-Commerce"	Mon, Wed and Fri	10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (replay); and 3:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (replay)   *The broadcast time for 9 September: 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
"Enterprises Benefitting from Staff Enhancement"	Tue and Thu	9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (replay); and 3:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. (replay)   *The broadcast time for Tue: 9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.; and 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (replay)
"The Development of the Basic Law"	Tue	3:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Apart from the above public broadcast, interested persons are welcome to visit the SUCCESS Reference Library to view the videos of past seminars.

For enquiries, please call 2398 5133.
 

The Sixth "ERB Manpower Developer Award Scheme"

This award scheme is organised by the Employees Retraining Board.  It aims to recognise organisations which have demonstrated outstanding achievements in manpower training and development with a view to cultivating a social value.  The award scheme comprises three categories, namely "Non-SME", "SME" and "Government Department, Pubic Body and NGO".  The award scheme is now open for entries and the closing date is 30 September 2015.

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Mobile Applications Testing Competency Training for SMEs

(11 to 12 September, 2015 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

This training is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Quality Management Special Interest Group of Hong Kong Computer Society, and sponsored by the SME Development Fund of the Trade and Industry Department. The training will focus on mobile apps and software testing models.  (The training will be conducted in Cantonese)

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Certificate Course on Human Resources

(16 and 23 September, 2015 at Federation of Hong Kong Industries)

This training is organised by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.  The training will discuss the employment provisions of the labour legislation.  (Admission fee is required.  This training will be conducted in Cantonese)

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Business News

GDETO Newsletter

The latest issue of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong (GDETO) Newsletter has been published.

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Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) of the Mainland

The Trade and Industry Department issued a number of Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) on the Mainland's trade and economic rules and regulations. The latest CICs have been published. 

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