AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoSME Growth & Support: Ireland’s Tánaiste published its 2025 SME Credit Demand Survey, showing 16% of SMEs applied for bank finance (down from 20% in 2024) while 76% reported profit and three in ten plan to invest in AI over the next three years. Local Business Boosts: Project 100 opened a new Oakland office and rolled out simpler marketing services aimed at non-tech local businesses. Payments Cost Pressure: New Zealand’s Commerce Commission proposed capping Mastercard/Visa commercial credit card interchange fees, targeting $40m in annual savings for merchants. Deal Readiness for SMEs: match.asia launched Exit HealthCheck, a free service to help SMEs avoid common M&A deal killers like valuation gaps and weak due-diligence prep. Workforce & Policy: Boston bars are pushing back on a bill to move last call to 3 a.m. for World Cup summer watch parties, arguing staffing and late-night operations will get harder. Energy for Business: Suzlon rebranded and is pivoting toward integrated renewable energy services for data centers, betting on power demand growth. Tech & Sovereignty: A new look at India’s “sovereign AI” push warns that dependence on foreign chips, cloud, and models could limit control for middle-power countries.
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