{"id":291590,"date":"2026-02-11T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291590\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:39:09","slug":"budget-2026-business-chambers-want-more-help-for-smes-to-internationalise-bigger-automation-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291590\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2026: Business chambers want more help for SMEs to internationalise, bigger automation grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Industry groups say SMEs need sector-specific business matching in unfamiliar markets<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] Trade associations and business chambers are pressing for more targeted support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Budget 2026, with several calls for coordinated overseas market entry and deeper automation incentives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Several industry groups to whom The Business Times spoke raised tariff uncertainty, supply chain disruption and manpower constraints as key challenges heading into the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">While 2025 turned out better than expected \u2013 with front-loading in manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chip demand helping to lift growth \u2013 industry leaders said greater help is needed to support businesses in seeking new growth opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Industry groups say SMEs need sector-specific business matching in unfamiliar markets [SINGAPORE] Trade associations and business chambers are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-291590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}